About us

A home for Mingrelian, so it keeps being written, heard and passed on.

www.megrulad.ge is an online Mingrelian–Georgian dictionary dedicated to promoting and preserving the Mingrelian language.

Our story

  1. 01

    Where it started

    The starting point was Alio Kobalia’s Mingrelian–Georgian dictionary. Since then it has been reworked and expanded far beyond the original.

  2. 02

    Built by the community

    People and AI have added new words and expressions and Georgian and English lookup words.

  3. 03

    Community moderation

    Anyone can already correct a word, record its pronunciation or report a mistake, right from the search results, without an account; every change is checked before it appears. Next comes a review page where everyone takes part: others vote on each change, and the votes decide whether it appears in the dictionary.

Built and looked after by

Developers

  • Harry Kodua

    Senior full-stack developer

    • MSc in Cyber Security — Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) and University of Tartu
  • Kathleen Povadora

    Front-end developer · UI/UX designer

    • MSc in Digital Learning Games — Tallinn University

Every word you add keeps the language alive.

The dictionary grows with its community: the more people add and review, the better it gets.

How contributing works

Show vulgar words?

Some Mingrelian words and phrases are vulgar: swear words and the like. Once turned on, they appear in search results like any other word. You can turn this off at any time at the bottom of the page.