Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic بُرْج (burj)[1][2] or Classical Persian برج (burj).[3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /burd͡ʒi/, [b̥uɾd͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: ბურ‧ჯი

Noun edit

ბურჯი (burǯi) (plural ბურჯები)

  1. bastion
  2. pier of a bridge
  3. (obsolete) zodiac
  4. (obsolete) constellation

Inflection edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 393
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պուրճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 105a
  3. ^ Čubinov, David (1840) “ბურჯი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 63b

Further reading edit

  • Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბურჯი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press