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МОИСЕЙ
ukraine

МОИСЕЙ

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

By the same principle outlined in previous sections, how should the name Moisei (Moses in Ukrainian and Russian )  be interpreted? As the Georgian adjective &q…

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YOM
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YOM

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

Now, let’s examine the Hebrew word "Yom" . If you were standing, sit down; if you were sitting, lie down—this took a whole day to unravel, so you owe…

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YOM TERUAH
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YOM TERUAH

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

The pronunciation "Tirua" aligns intriguingly with the Megrelian verb "თირუა" (tirua) , which carries multiple meanings in Kajaia’s dictio…

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YOM KIPPUR
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YOM KIPPUR

Che Tosco June 04, 2025

The conventional etymology traces "Kippur" to "Kapparot" , meaning "atonement" or "purification" . However: The "…

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CANDELA/CANDLE
spain

CANDELA/CANDLE

Che Tosco March 31, 2025

Achiko Zangaladze drew attention to the obvious correspondence between "candela/ candle" and Georgian "santeli" in the same sense. In the b…

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ყოლამა
megrelian

ყოლამა

Che Tosco March 20, 2025

An extremely interesting example from Chanturia's dictionary. It is full of such examples. t is a supposedly Jewish borrowing: ყოლამა n Ju this world/coun…

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LANGUAGE OF JESUS CHRIST
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LANGUAGE OF JESUS CHRIST

Che Tosco March 20, 2025

Imagine a king presiding over a nation steeped in a centuries-old religion, its traditions woven into the very fabric of society. Suddenly, a foreigner arrives…

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PTOLEMY'S TOPONYMS AS GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS: MIDDLE EAST
syria

PTOLEMY'S TOPONYMS AS GEORGIAN SURNAMES' ROOTS: MIDDLE EAST

Che Tosco March 14, 2025

Abula – Abuladze Adacha – Adakhadze Azala – Azalashvili Alata – Alatashvili Amana – Amanashvili Anara – Anarashvili Anita – Anitashvili Arada – Aradashvili Ate…

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-SKIY SUFFIX
ukraine

-SKIY SUFFIX

Che Tosco March 12, 2025

In Otari Kajaia's dictionary, the word "სკიი" [skii] as a truncated "სკილი/სქილი" [skili] means the same as "შვილი" [shvili] …

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EBER-NARI
syria

EBER-NARI

Che Tosco March 10, 2025

During the Neo-Assyrian Kingdom, the historical region of the Levant, which includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, was called Eber-Nari. The word "…

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CANAAN
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CANAAN

Che Tosco March 10, 2025

The recognition that the initial Ha- or A- in numerous global toponyms—such as Assyria, Aswan, Anatolia, Aleppo (Halibon), and Alupka—functions as a Phoenici…

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SAURICA
ukraine

SAURICA

Che Tosco March 09, 2025

If the word "Saurica" on the ancient Roman map Tabula Peutingeriana (obviously, 1st century) means "Severia", that is, the land of the nort…

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NAZARETH
phoenicia

NAZARETH

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

The "et" suffix obliges us to look at the word from the Kartvelian point of view. The analysis of the kartvelianity of the famous Galilean toponym lo…

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NAHARIYA
phoenicia

NAHARIYA

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

A number of Phoenician-Lebanese-Israeli toponyms can be proven to have a Kartvelian origin with varying degrees of certainty. In particular, the historical Gal…

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MUZATA
phoenicia

MUZATA

Che Tosco March 06, 2025

The third Berber tribe mentioned by Ibn Khordadbekh, besides Zanat and Lubat, was the Muzata tribe. Not only does the name seem to be a Zan "-at"-to…

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LUWA
lubes

LUWA

Che Tosco March 05, 2025

Ibn Khaldun in his "History of Ibn Khaldun" says that the name of the Berber tribe of Lwatae, from which the name Libya is believed to have originate…

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LEBANON
phoenicia

LEBANON

Che Tosco March 05, 2025

The country of Lebanon (Livan in Ukrainian) coincides to certain degree of accuracy with both Canaan and Eber-Nar, two other Middle Eastern toponyms of Kartvel…

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ZANATA, MUZATA, LUBATA
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ZANATA, MUZATA, LUBATA

Che Tosco March 04, 2025

The 9th century Arab writer Ibn Khordadbekh, who wrote about the Berbers, mentions such Berber tribes as Zanata, Lubata and Muzata. According to Klimov (more …

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ARAMAIC
syria

ARAMAIC

Che Tosco March 03, 2025

The word "Aramaic" contains the root "aram", which in Chanturia's dictionary is translated as "ominous". In fact, the emotio…

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ACRA
ukraine

ACRA

Che Tosco March 03, 2025

"Akra" is Georgian for "cape". There are at least three toponyms with this name, all on the seacoast. One is in Bulgaria, the second is i…

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