Mepe

Mepe (Georgian: მეფე) is a title used to designate the Georgian monarch,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] whether it is a King or a Queen^{[disambiguation needed]}.

მეფე (mepe) literally means king, and even if a female heir apparent will be crowned as a Georgian monarch she will be called as a king and not as a queen.

The word mepe is derived from Georgian word "me-u-pe" which literally means sovereign and lord.

Georgian language having no grammatical gender, word mepe is strictly masculine royal title.

Even though მეფე (mepe) has a female equivalent which is დედოფალი (dedopali, literally meaning queen) it is only applied to the king's consort and does not have a meaning of a ruling monarch.^[9]

An equivalent of Mepe in other cultures are King, Tsar, Shah, Khan, Sultan, Malik, Caliph, Emperor or more ancient Pharaoh.

References

^ Georgia, Tim Burford, p15
^ Law in Medieval Russia, Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, p331
^ Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages, Georgij A. Klimov, p120
^ Georgia Through Earth, Fire, Air and Water, Michael Berman, Manana Rusieshvili, Ketevan Kalandadze, p136
^ Syntactic Analysis and Description: A Constructional Approach, David Lockwood, p214
^ Stability, Variation, and Change of Word-order Patterns Over Time, Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, Ariel Shisha-Halevy, p158
^ Women's Movements: Networks and Debates in Post-communist Countries in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edith Saurer, Margareth Lanzinger, Elisabeth Frysak, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2006, p65
^ Studies in Relational Grammar, Volume 2, David M. Perlmutter, Carol G. Rosen, p276
^ Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, Antony Eastmond, p109

[1] Georgia, Tim Burford, p15

[2] Law in Medieval Russia, Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, p331

[3] Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages, Georgij A. Klimov, p120

[4] Georgia Through Earth, Fire, Air and Water, Michael Berman, Manana Rusieshvili, Ketevan Kalandadze, p136

[5] Syntactic Analysis and Description: A Constructional Approach, David Lockwood, p214

[6] Stability, Variation, and Change of Word-order Patterns Over Time, Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, Ariel Shisha-Halevy, p158

[7] Women's Movements: Networks and Debates in Post-communist Countries in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edith Saurer, Margareth Lanzinger, Elisabeth Frysak, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2006, p65

[8] Studies in Relational Grammar, Volume 2, David M. Perlmutter, Carol G. Rosen, p276

[9] Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia, Antony Eastmond, p109

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