ფათერაკი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ფათერაკი (pateraḳi), together with Middle Armenian փաթերակ (pʻatʻerak) borrowed from a Middle Iranian language: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (p(y)tydʾlk' /⁠petyārag⁠/, “evil, misfortune; adversary”), Persian پتیاره (petyâre, “affliction”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰatʰerakʼi/, [pʰatʰeɾakʼi]

Noun

ფათერაკი • (pateraḳi)

  1. misfortune, trouble

Derived terms
  • ფათერაკი მოუვიდა (pateraḳi mouvida)
  • ფათერაკი შეემთხვევა (pateraḳi šeemtxveva)
  • ფათერაკიანო (pateraḳiano)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փաթերակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 469b
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