Lazarashvili

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Lazarashvili
Origin
Meaning"son of Lazarus", "son of the one whom God helps"
Region of originGeorgia
Other names
Variant form(s)Lazare

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".

References

  1. 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
  2. Barclay, William (1999). The parables of Jesus. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN   0-664-25828-X. OCLC   42439311.