Signs

1. შესასვლელი

   Shesasvleli

   Entrance

   Usage

   Displayed at the entrance of buildings, stations and facilities; it looks almost identical to "გასასვლელი" (exit), so read the შე- / გა- prefix

2. გასასვლელი

   Gasasvleli

   Exit

   Usage

   Marks exits of buildings, the metro and underpasses; on the Tbilisi metro the Latin line is often just the transliteration "Gasasvleli" rather than "Exit"

3. ავარიული გასასვლელი

   Avariuli gasasvleli

   Emergency Exit

   Usage

   Posted with the green running-man pictogram; emergency doors are one of the few places where a genuine English "EXIT" really is printed alongside. Also written "საევაკუაციო გასასვლელი"

4. ღიაა

   Ghiaa

   Open (door sign)

   Usage

   The card on a shop door when it is open; small shops just as often hang an English "OPEN" sign

5. დაკეტილია

   Dak'et'ilia

   Closed (door sign)

   Usage

   The card on a shop door when it is shut; also written "დახურულია"

6. სამუშაო საათები

   Samushao saatebi

   Opening Hours

   Usage

   The board listing business hours at shops and counters; "open now" is shown by the "ღიაა" card while this board gives the times

7. შესვენება

   Shesveneba

   On Break

   Usage

   Hung on shops and counters during a temporary closure — the closest thing to a "preparing" sign; sometimes written "მალე დავბრუნდები" (back soon)

8. მამაკაცი

   Mamak'atsi

   Men

   Usage

   Marks the men's restroom; doors often carry the genitive form "მამაკაცის" (of men)

9. ქალი

   Kali

   Women

   Usage

   Marks the women's restroom, also written in the genitive "ქალის"; note the initial ქ is a different consonant from კ

10. შესვლა აკრძალულია

    Shesvla ak'rdzalulia

    No Entry

    Usage

    Posted on doors and areas closed to the public; "აკრძალულია" (is forbidden) is the shared word across prohibition signs

11. მოწევა აკრძალულია

    Mots'eva ak'rdzalulia

    No Smoking

    Usage

    Posted indoors, in restaurants and on public transport; Georgia has banned indoor smoking outright since 2018 and it is fined

12. მოწევის ადგილი

    Mots'evis adgili

    Smoking Area

    Usage

    Marks a designated smoking area at airports and stations; Tbilisi airport usually adds the English "SMOKING AREA"

13. კიბე

    K'ibe

    Stairs

    Usage

    Directional sign pointing to the stairs; the same word also means a ladder, though on signage it virtually always means stairs

14. დააწექით

    Daats'ekit

    Push

    Usage

    The "push" label on doors, though in Georgia glass doors more often carry only the English "PUSH"

15. მოქაჩეთ

    Mokachet

    Pull

    Usage

    The "pull" label on doors; sometimes written "მოიზიდეთ", and often the door carries only the English "PULL"

16. სარემონტო სამუშაოები

    Saremont'o samushaoebi

    Works in Progress

    Usage

    Posted at works and closed-off passages; road signs spell it out as "სარემონტო სამუშაოები მიმდინარეობს" (works are under way)

17. არ მუშაობს

    Ar mushaobs

    Out of Order

    Usage

    The (often handwritten) note taped to broken lifts, ticket machines, ATMs and restroom stalls; also written "გაუმართავია"

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