Re: Georgian [was Re: cyrillic?]

Quoting Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:

> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:25:54 -0500 "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> writes:
> > (1) Probably, if one were transliterating a western name "Thomas"
> > into Georgian, one would use the Georgian equivalent thereof:
> > _Tamaz_ -- which incidentally is not from Greek, but from the
> > Semitic name of the Mesopotamian deity.  cf. Tamaz Gamq'relije >
> > Thomas Gamqrelidze
>
> "Thomas" comes from Tammuz/Dumuzi?
The *Greek* name does not, to my knowledge. (It means "twin man".)
The Georgian name does, and after the Christianization of Georgia,
this name was used as the equivalent of the Apostle's name in much
the same way as the originally pagan Anglo-Saxon name 'Bill' came
to be paired with Norman 'William'.

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