ბაჭა
Mingrelian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Abkhaz а-па́ҿа (a-pʼáĉʼa).[1]
Adjective edit
ბაჭა • (bač̣a)
- (figuratively) little, small, short, dwarfish
Noun edit
ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)
- tick (arachnid)
- botfly
- warble fly
Synonyms edit
- გირჯღიბე (girǯɣibe)
References edit
- ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 54 of 25–76
Further reading edit
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაჭა²”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
- Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბაჭა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 202a
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბაჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ბაჭა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from Abkhaz.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)
- Synonym of მაჸურზენე (maʾurzene, “Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos)”)
References edit
- ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[2], volume 10, number 1, page 50 of 25–76
Further reading edit
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაჭა¹”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბაჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)[6], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
- Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მაღალი მოცვი, კავკასიური მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary][7], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo