Lazarashvili is a Georgian language patronymic surname. The name consists of two parts: the suffix, "Shvili" (meaning "the child of" in Georgian);[1] and the prefix "Lazar" (from a Jewish phrase "El Azar", which means "God Helps"), or from the masculine given name Lazarus, translated to Lazare in Georgian.[2] The meaning of Lazarshvili could be interpreted as "son of Lazarus" or "Son of the one whom God helps".
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Meaning | "son of Lazarus", "son of the one whom God helps" |
Region of origin | Georgia |
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Variant form(s) | Lazare |
References
edit- ^ Bondyrev, Igor V.; Davitashvili, Zurab V.; Singh, Vijay P. (2015), Bondyrev, Igor V.; Davitashvili, Zurab V.; Singh, Vijay P. (eds.), "Demographics", The Geography of Georgia: Problems and Perspectives, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 39–53, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05413-1_5, ISBN 978-3-319-05413-1, retrieved 2022-05-13
- ^ Barclay, William (1999). The parables of Jesus. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-25828-X. OCLC 42439311.