Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Georgian ბოზი (bozi), from Old Armenian բոզ (boz); see there and Laz ბოზო (bozo, girl) for more.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bozi/, [b̥ozi]
  • Hyphenation: ბო‧ზი

Noun edit

ბოზი (bozi) (plural ბოზები)

  1. whore, prostitute, tart
    Synonym: კახპა (ḳaxṗa)
  2. (slang) snitch bitch

Usage notes edit

According to Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, this word refers to prostitutes in general, while სიძვა (siʒva) and მრუშება (mrušeba) refer to unmarried and married prostitutes respectively.

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Čubinov, David (1887) “ბოზი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press
  • Gabesḳiria, Šalva (2018) “Šota rustavelis mšobliuri ḳilos saḳitxisatvis „vepxisṭq̇aosnis“ dialekṭizmebis mixedvit [On Shota Rustaveli's native dialect from dialectisms used in "The Knight in the Panther's Skin"]”, in Merab Čuxua, editor, XXXVIII resṗubliḳuri dialekṭologiuri samecniero sesiis masalebi, batumi, 2018 c̣lis 9-10 noemberi[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 20