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Where does “არის” come from?

არის (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian არს, from Proto-Kartvelian [[*r-]], [[*ar-]].

არის (Georgian): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “არის”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Georgianარსto be
2Proto-Kartvelian[[*r-]], [[*ar-]]—
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian [[*r-]], [[*ar-]] →