The word "monastery" can be morphologically broken down into "monas teri" (მონას ტერი), which translates literally from Georgian as "a place for the servant of the Lord to sleep."
"Monas" includes the possessive suffix "-s", marking "monk" (მონა) in the genitive case.
"Teri" (ტერი), according to Chanturia, is an archaic term meaning "bedding" or "place for sleeping."
This breakdown suggests a Kartvelian linguistic connection to the etymology of "monastery."
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