Body Parts

1. თავი

   Tavi

   Head

   Usage

   Show it at a clinic and point to your head. "Tavi mt'k'iva" means my head hurts

   Grammar Note

   Georgian has no gender. თავი also serves as the reflexive "self"

2. თმა

   Tma

   Hair

   Usage

   Used at a salon or barber. "Tma shemch'erit" means please cut my hair

3. სახე

   Sakhe

   Face

   Usage

   Use it to show where a skin problem is, or the area for a treatment

4. თვალი

   Tvali

   Eye

   Usage

   At an eye clinic or pharmacy. The plural is თვალები, tvalebi

5. ყური

   Q'uri

   Ear

   Usage

   The initial ყ is an ejective made deep in the throat. Use it for ear trouble after a flight or a mountain road

6. ცხვირი

   Tskhviri

   Nose

   Usage

   Use it at a pharmacy for a blocked nose or hay fever

7. პირი

   P'iri

   Mouth

   Usage

   The initial პ is an ejective p, released without a puff of air — keep it distinct from the aspirated ფ. Used at the dentist or for a mouth ulcer

8. კბილი

   K'bili

   Tooth

   Usage

   Show it at the dentist while pointing at the tooth: "k'bili mt'k'iva" — my tooth hurts

9. ენა

   Ena

   Tongue

   Usage

   The same word means "language" (kartuli ena is Georgian) — point at your tongue to be clear

10. კისერი

    K'iseri

    Neck

    Usage

    Georgian separates the neck (კისერი) from the throat (ყელი); use this for outer pain such as a stiff neck

11. ყელი

    Q'eli

    Throat

    Usage

    "Q'eli mt'k'iva" means my throat hurts — the phrase for a cold at the pharmacy

12. მხარი

    Mkhari

    Shoulder

    Usage

    Use it for pain after carrying a heavy backpack

13. ხელი

    Kheli

    Hand

    Usage

    From the wrist down; the whole arm is მკლავი

14. მკლავი

    Mk'lavi

    Arm

    Usage

    Use it for where an injection or a blood draw goes

15. იდაყვი

    Idaq'vi

    Elbow

    Usage

    Use it after a fall to show where you scraped yourself

16. თითი

    Titi

    Finger / toe

    Usage

    Georgian uses თითი for both; say khelis titi (of the hand) or pekhis titi (of the foot) to specify

17. ფრჩხილი

    Prchkhili

    Nail

    Usage

    A classic Georgian consonant cluster. Used at a nail salon or for an ingrown nail

18. გულმკერდი

    Gulmk'erdi

    Chest

    Usage

    A compound built on გული (heart) — use it for chest pain or tightness

19. მუცელი

    Mutseli

    Belly / abdomen

    Usage

    The belly from outside. "Mutseli mt'k'iva" means I have a stomach ache

20. კუჭი

    K'uch'i

    Stomach

    Usage

    The organ. Both კ and ჭ are ejective — do not swap them for the aspirated ქ / ჩ

21. ზურგი

    Zurgi

    Back

    Usage

    At a massage or an orthopaedist; the lower back is წელი

22. წელი

    Ts'eli

    Lower back / waist

    Usage

    The initial წ is an ejective, a different letter from the aspirated ც. The same spelling also means "year", so point to the spot when you mean your back

23. საჯდომი

    Sajdomi

    Buttocks

    Usage

    Literally "the sitting part" — a neutral word, fine in public. Useful for where an injection goes

24. ფეხი

    Pekhi

    Leg / foot

    Usage

    Georgian ფეხი covers the whole leg and the foot; ტერფი is the foot alone

25. მუხლი

    Mukhli

    Knee

    Usage

    Easy to hurt after the mountain trails around Kazbegi or Tusheti

26. ტერფი

    T'erpi

    Foot

    Usage

    ტ is ejective and ფ is aspirated — swapping them produces a different word

27. კანი

    K'ani

    Skin

    Usage

    Use it at a pharmacy for sunburn or insect bites

28. ძვალი

    Dzvali

    Bone

    Usage

    Use it when you suspect a fracture; an X-ray is rent'geni

29. სისხლი

    Siskhli

    Blood

    Usage

    For a blood test, or to say that you are bleeding

30. გული

    Guli

    Heart

    Usage

    Use it to explain a heart condition; it is also the figurative heart, as in gulit — sincerely

31. ნაწლავი

    Nats'lavi

    Intestine

    Usage

    You cannot point at it, so show the word when explaining diarrhoea or cramps

32. ფილტვი

    Pilt'vi

    Lung

    Usage

    Use it for asthma or breathlessness at altitude around Kazbegi and Tusheti

33. ღვიძლი

    Ghvidzli

    Liver

    Usage

    Use it when explaining a condition or medication; the same word is liver on a menu

34. თირკმელი

    Tirk'meli

    Kidney

    Usage

    Use it for stones or a chronic condition

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