See also: ترخ, ترح, and ترج

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high).

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بُرْج (burjm (dual بُرْجَان (burjān), plural بُرُوج (burūj) or أَبْرَاج (ʔabrāj))

  1. castle
  2. citadel
  3. tower
    بُرْج خَلِيفَةburj ḵalīfaBurj Khalifa (literally, “Khalifa Tower”)
  4. constellation
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:61:
      تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَاجًا وَقَمَرًا مُنِيرًا
      tabāraka llaḏī jaʕala fī s-samāʔi burūjan wajaʕala fīhā sirājan waqamaran munīran
      Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.
  5. spire
  6. asterism
  7. zodiac
  8. sign of the zodiac
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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بَرِجَ (barija) I (non-past يَبْرَجُ (yabraju), verbal noun بَرَج (baraj)) (obsolete)

  1. to be or become apparent, manifest or conspicuous, and high or elevated
  2. to have large, beautiful eyes where the white entirely surrounds the black
  3. to become ample in respect of eating and drinking (of one's condition)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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بَرَج (barajm

  1. verbal noun of بَرِجَ (barija) (form I)
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References

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  • Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “برج”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 118
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “برج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 64b
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “برج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 103
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “برج”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[3] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, pages 105–106
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “برج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 180
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “برج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 63

Azerbaijani

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Noun

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برج (bürc)

  1. Alternative spelling of بۆرج

Central Kurdish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high), with cognates including Persian برز (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, lofty, high, tall), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, high) and Old English burg.

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بِرج (birc)

  1. tower
  2. zodiac

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high).

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برج (burc) (plural بروج or ابراج)

  1. tower of a castle, bastion
    Synonym: قله (kulle)
  2. (astronomy) constellation of the zodiac
  3. (astrology) zodiac sign

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian برج.

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Noun

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برج (brajm (plural برجونه (brajuna))

  1. tower

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Persian

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Etymology

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Arabicized form of Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high), with cognates including Persian برز (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, lofty, high, tall), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, high) and Old English burg.

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Readings
Classical reading? burj
Dari reading? burj
Iranian reading? borj
Tajik reading? burj

Noun

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برج (borj) (plural برج‌ها (borj-hâ) or بروج)

Dari برج
Iranian Persian
Tajik бурҷ
  1. steeple
  2. tower
    برج آزادی
    borj-e âzâdi
    Azadi Tower
  3. pylon
  4. column
  5. peel, keep
  6. fort, castle
  7. pinnacle
  8. dovecote
  9. star
  10. constellation
  11. zodiac
  12. sign of the zodiac

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high).

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بُرج (burjm (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁਰਜ)

  1. bastion
  2. tower
  3. turret
  4. constellation
  5. sign of the zodiac

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ر ج
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic بُرْج (burj).

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  • IPA(key): /burʒ/, [bʊrʒ]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

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برج (burjm (plural أبراج (ʔabrāj))

  1. tower
  2. zodiac sign

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Signs of the Zodiac · الأبراج (il-ʔabrāj)
       
الحمل (il-ḥamal, Aries) التور (it-tōr, Taurus) الجوزاء (il-jōzāʔ, Gemini) السرطان (is-saraṭān, Cancer)
       
الأسد (il-ʔasad, Leo) العذراء (il-ʕazrāʔ, Virgo) الميزان (il-mīzān, Libra) العقرب (il-ʕaqrab, Scorpio)
       
القوس (il-ʔōs, Sagittarius) الجدي (il-jidi, Capricorn) الدلو (id-dalu, Aquarius) الحوت (il-ḥūt, Pisces)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (burgāʾ), possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Persian برز (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg.

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برج (burjm (Hindi spelling बुर्ज)

  1. bastion
  2. tower
  3. turret
  4. constellation
  5. sign of the zodiac