Tariel

Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
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 (tajvar) meaning "king" or تار (tar) 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.