Kita Chkhenkeli

Kita "Petre" Chkhenkeli
კიტა "პეტრე" ჩხენკელი
BornNovember 8, 1895
Kutaisi, Kutaisi Governorate], Russian Empire
DiedOctober 22, 1963
Zurich
Occupation(s)Linguist and lexicographer

Kita "Petre" Chkhenkeli (Georgian: კიტა "პეტრე" ჩხენკელი; Tschenkéli in western literature) (8 November 1895 – 22 October 1963) was a Georgian linguist and lexicographer based in Germany and Switzerland. He is best known for his Georgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, which is "widely regarded as the most comprehensive Georgian dictionary in any western language."[1]

  1. ^ Whitby, Mary (ed., 2007), Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204, p. 204. British Academy, ISBN 9780197263785.