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Mepe (Georgian: მეფე [mɛpʰɛ]) is a title used to designate the Georgian monarch,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] whether it is a King or a Queen regnant. The word is derived from Georgian word "me-u-pe" which literally means sovereign and lord. Even though mepe has a female equivalent, დედოფალი (dedopali, literally meaning queen) it is only applied to the king's consort and does not have a meaning of a ruling monarch.[8]
Later, after David IV, the official title of Georgian kings became "mepet mepe" (king of kings), similar to Persian Shahanshah.
See also
- Eristavi
- Batoni
- Batonishvili
- Aznauri
- Mtavari
- List of Georgian monarchs
- Style of the Georgian sovereign
References
- ^ Georgia, Tim Burford, p15
- ^ Law in Medieval Russia, Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, p331
- ^ Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages, Georgij A. Klimov, p120
- ^ 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
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