გინდ

Georgian

Etymology

From გინდა (ginda, “you want”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊intʰ]

Conjunction

გინდ • (gind)

  1. used to express an indiscriminate attitude towards opposite actions or events
    გინდ დაიჯერე გინდ არა ― gind daiǯere gind ara ― believe it or not
  2. used when naming an action, regardless of which something will happen; even if
    • 1861, Grigol Orbeliani, მუხამბაზი [muxambazi, Mukhambazi]‎[1]:
      გინდ მეძინოს, მაინც სულში მიზიხარ!
      gind meʒinos, mainc sulši mizixar!
      Whatever I do to sleep, still you sit in my soul!
      (literally, “Even if I sleep, you are still in my soul!”)
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