Georgian profanity (Georgian: ქართული ბილწსიტყვაობა, romanized: kartuli bilts'sit'q'vaoba) refers to inflammatory vulgar, obscene or profane language in Georgian that some of the words and phrases even evolved into a modern Georgian slang. For exact and comprehensive pronunciation of words and phrases, especially ones written with the apostrophes, the rules of Romanization of Georgian and IPA are essential.
The Georgian Orthodox Church and Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia have traditionally been very critical of Georgian profanity, describing it as "words of death and Satan",[1] that will result in "severe punishment by God".[2] After the Orthodox Christmas of 2019, then-Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze suggested to make Georgian profanity punishable and forbidden by law, but then-Minister of Justice of Georgia Thea Tsulukiani ruled out such a scenario saying "that very law will put us all in prison, so it should stay protected by the freedom of expression".[3][4]
According to The Georgian Chronicles, King David IV the Builder during his reign "destroyed"[5] all the moral and verbal "irregularities"[6] like the "satanic songs, acting, pleasure and profanity".[7]
- ^ (in Georgian) საშობაო ეპისტოლე უწმიდესისა და უნეტარესის, სრულიად საქართველოს კათოლიკოს-პატრიარქის ილია II Official site of the Patriarchy of Georgia
- ^ (in Georgian) პატრიარქის საშობაო ეპისტოლე (2016 წ.) Official site of the Patriarchy of Georgia
- ^ (in Georgian) ირაკლი კობახიძე: სწორი ბალანსის პოვნას თუ მოვახერხებთ, ცილისწამების შესახებ კანონპროექტი შესაძლოა მომზადდეს და დამტკიცდეს, Georgian Public Broadcasting, 30 Jan, 2019
- ^ (in Georgian) წულუკიანი: ბილწსიტყვაობა თუ შეიზღუდა, ყველას მოგვიწევს, წავიდეთ ციხეში, Tabula, 5 Feb, 2019
- ^ The Georgian Chronicles, page of edition: 352 line of edition 20
- ^ The Georgian Chronicles, page of edition: 352 line of edition 21
- ^ The Georgian Chronicles, page of edition: 352 line of edition 19