ქეთევანი

Georgian

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

ქეთევანი • (ketevani)

  1. a female given name, Ketevani

Descendants
  • → Armenian: Քեթևան (Kʻetʻewan)
  • → 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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