Tariel

Revision History

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C tariel update #116
11/20/2020, 10:29 PM Mike C tariel added (from user-submitted name 337837)
6/22/2020, 2:23 AM Lucille 337837 Persian 'tar' meaning "dark, obscure" was added.
6/21/2020, 3:12 PM Lucille

Gender Masculine
Usage Literature, Georgian
Scripts ტარიელ(Georgian)

Meaning & History

Created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for his 12th-century epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. He may have based it on Persian تاجور (tājvar) meaning "king" or تار (tār) meaning "dark, obscure" combined with یل (yal) meaning "hero". In the poem Tariel, the titular knight who wears a panther skin, is an Indian prince who becomes a companion of Avtandil.