برغي

Arabic

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, likely from Ottoman Turkish بورغو (burɣu, “screw, auger”). Cognate with Turkish burgu (“screw, auger”), Azerbaijani burğu (“screw, drill, auger”), Chagatai بورغو (burğu, “screw, drill, auger”), Kazakh бұрғы (būrğy, “drill bit, auger”) and others, a derivative of the stem in Ottoman Turkish بورمق (burmak, “to twist”) / Turkish burmak (“to twist”), Uzbek бурамоқ (buramoq, “to twist”), Kazakh бұрау (būrau, “drill, auger; to twist”), Bashkir бырау (bıraw, “drill, auger”) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur.ɣijj/

Noun

بُرْغِيّ • (burḡiyy) m (plural بَرَاغِيّ (barāḡiyy))

1. screw, bolt, a threaded metal fastener

   Synonym: قَلَاوُوظ (qalāwūẓ)

Declension

Declension of noun بُرْغِيّ (burḡiyy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْغِي burḡī	الْبُرْغِي al-burḡī	بُرْغِي burḡī
nominative	بُرْغِيٌّ burḡiyyun	الْبُرْغِيُّ al-burḡiyyu	بُرْغِيُّ burḡiyyu
accusative	بُرْغِيًّا burḡiyyan	الْبُرْغِيَّ al-burḡiyya	بُرْغِيَّ burḡiyya
genitive	بُرْغِيٍّ burḡiyyin	الْبُرْغِيِّ al-burḡiyyi	بُرْغِيِّ burḡiyyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْغِيَّيْن burḡiyyayn	الْبُرْغِيَّيْن al-burḡiyyayn	بُرْغِيَّيْ burḡiyyay
nominative	بُرْغِيَّانِ burḡiyyāni	الْبُرْغِيَّانِ al-burḡiyyāni	بُرْغِيَّا burḡiyyā
accusative	بُرْغِيَّيْنِ burḡiyyayni	الْبُرْغِيَّيْنِ al-burḡiyyayni	بُرْغِيَّيْ burḡiyyay
genitive	بُرْغِيَّيْنِ burḡiyyayni	الْبُرْغِيَّيْنِ al-burḡiyyayni	بُرْغِيَّيْ burḡiyyay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَاغِي barāḡī	الْبَرَاغِي al-barāḡī	بَرَاغِي barāḡī
nominative	بَرَاغِيٌّ barāḡiyyun	الْبَرَاغِيُّ al-barāḡiyyu	بَرَاغِيُّ barāḡiyyu
accusative	بَرَاغِيًّا barāḡiyyan	الْبَرَاغِيَّ al-barāḡiyya	بَرَاغِيَّ barāḡiyya
genitive	بَرَاغِيٍّ barāḡiyyin	الْبَرَاغِيِّ al-barāḡiyyi	بَرَاغِيِّ barāḡiyyi

Descendants

• → Hebrew: בֹּרֶג (bṓrēg)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: burxî, birxî

  → Central Kurdish: بورغی (burẍî), برغی (birẍî)