პასტა

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian паста (pasta), ultimately from Italian pasta. The colloquial sense of “pen” is similar to the Russian slang sense of “ink for a pen, ink refill”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʼastʼa/
  • Hyphenation: პას‧ტა

Noun

პასტა • (ṗasṭa) (plural პასტები)

  1. pasta
  2. paste
  3. (informal, proscribed)[1] pen
    Synonym: კალამი (ḳalami) (standard)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  1. “პასტა”, in ბარბარიზმები [Barbarisms] (in Georgian), Lexicographic Centre at Tbilisi State University, 2017–
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