ბარს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბას (bas) — Jigetore
• ბაჲ (bay) — Vizha, Ortaalan

Etymology

From ბარ- (bar-, “to blow”) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ber- (“to blow; inflate, distend”).

Verb

ბარს • (bars) (Latin spelling bars) (Jigetore, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. (wind) to blow

   Synonym: იბარამს (ibarams)

   იხიქ მანჩხომეზ ნაუნონ სთერი ვარბარს

   ixik mançxomez naunon steri varbars

   The wind does not blow according to the fisherman's will (Things do not go the way you want them to) (proverb)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bars/ bas (PZ-Cigetore), bay (ÇM)(AŞ-Ortaalan), bars (FN ~ ÇX)(AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობარუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi