გამარჯობათ

Georgian

Etymology

გამარჯობა (gamarǯoba) +‎ -თ (-t, a mimicking of the plural marker in verbs)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡamard͡ʒobatʰ/, [ɡ̊amaɾd͡ʒobatʰ]
  • Hyphenation: გა‧მარ‧ჯო‧ბათ

Interjection

გამარჯობათ • (gamarǯobat)

  1. (informal, polite) hello

Usage notes

This usage is considered ungrammatical by some scholars, although the most recent orthographic sources indicate the growing acceptance of the form.[1]

  • ბოდიშით (bodišit)
  • კარგით (ḳargit)

References
  1. თამარა ღამბაშიძე (2020-11-11), “They claim on Facebook that "გამარჯობა" is correct, and it turns out that we have been living in a lie”, in On.ge‎ (in Georgian)
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