ქეთევანი
Georgian
Etymology
From Middle Georgian ქეთაონ (ketaon), ქეთეონ (keteon), from Persian کتایون (katâyun). Folk-etymologically considered the Georgian form of Catherine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰetʰevani]
- Hyphenation: ქე‧თე‧ვა‧ნი
Descendants
- → Armenian: Քեթևան (Kʿetʿewan)
- → Ossetian: Кетеван (Ketevan)
- → Russian: Кетева́нь (Ketevánʹ)
Further reading
- Fritz, Sonja (2006), “Ketewan”, in Die ossetischen Personennamen (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band III, Faszikel 3) (in German), based on a dissertation submitted in 1983, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 858, page 128
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986), “ქეთევან, ქეთეონ, ქეთაონ”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Kartvelian Anthroponyms] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 304b
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