თავი

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Kartvelian *taw-; see there for more.

• IPA^(key): /tʰavi/
• Hyphenation: თა‧ვი

თავი • (tavi) (plural თავები)

1. (anatomy) head
2. chapter
3. topmost, foremost or leading part.
   1. top (of a mountain, etc.)
   2. end (of a table, etc.)
   3. cap, cover (of a bottle, etc.)
4. initial part (of an article, chapter, novel, etc.)
   1. cause
5. head, leader
   1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
6. (obsolete) important, main
7. unit

   სამი თავი ნიორი

   sami tavi niori

   three units of garlic

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• ჩხუბისთავი (čxubistavi)
• თავიდან (tavidan)
• თავსაფარი (tavsapari)
• თავშესაფარი (tavšesapari)
• თავთავი (tavtavi)
• თავკაცი (tavḳaci)
• თავადი (tavadi)
• თავმოყრილი (tavmoq̇rili)

თავი • (tavi)

1. self

• თავისებური (taviseburi)
• თავისუფალი (tavisupali)
• თავიანთი (tavianti)
• თავისი (tavisi)

From Proto-Kartvelian *taw- (“head”).

თავი • (tavi)

1. head
2. topmost, foremost or leading part.
3. head, leader
   1. starter (of a fight, etc.)
4. important, main

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 226
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 66
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973), “თავი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 172