იყო და არა იყო რა

Georgian

Etymology

Literally, there was and there was not.

Compare the similar semantics of Azerbaijani biri var idi, biri yox idi (once upon a time/there was, there was not), Turkish bir varmış, bir yokmuş (once upon a time/there was, there was not), Persian یکی بود یکی نبود (yeki bud yeki nabud, once upon a time/there was, there was not), Armenian լինում է, չի լինում (linum ē, čʻi linum) and կար-չկար (kar-čʻkar, once upon a time/there was, there was not).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iχʼo d̥a aɾa iχʼo ɾa]
  • Hyphenation: იყო და არა იყო რა

Phrase

იყო და არა იყო რა • (iq̇o da ara iq̇o ra)

  1. (used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time

See also