ܒܘܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), via Latin burgus or Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos). The sense of "zodiac sign" is influenced by Arabic بُرْج (burj), itself borrowed from Syriac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [burɡɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [burɡe(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܓܐ • (būrgāʾ) m (plural ܒܘܪܓܐ)

1. tower, turret, fortress
2. columbarium
3. (astrology) zodiac sign

   Synonym: ܡܠܘܫܐ

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܪܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܪܓ		1st person	ܒܘܪܓܝ		ܒܘܪܓܢ
	construct	ܒܘܪܓ		2nd person	ܒܘܪܓܟ	ܒܘܪܓܟܝ	ܒܘܪܓܟܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܪܓܗ	ܒܘܪܓܗ	ܒܘܪܓܗܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܪܓܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܪܓܝ		ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܪܓܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܪܓܝܟ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܪܓܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܪܓܘܗܝ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُرْج (burj)
  • → Middle Armenian: պուրճ (purč)
  • → Azerbaijani: бүрҹ / bürc / بۆرج
  • → Georgian: ბურჯი (burǯi)
  • → Gujarati: બુરજ (buraj)
  • → Hindi: बुर्ज (burj)
  • → Northern Kurdish: birc / برج (birc)
  • → Maltese: borġ
  • → Ottoman Turkish: برج (burc)
    • Turkish: burç, burc
  • → Persian: برج (borj)
  • → Punjabi: ਬੁਰਜ (buraj) / برج (burj)
  • → Marwari: बुरज (burj)
  • → Tajik: бурҷ (burj)
  • → Urdu: برج (burj)

References

• “bwrg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 26b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 130b