Georgian

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ბარჯი (barǯi), from Proto-Kartvelian *ba(r)ǯ-. Cognate with Mingrelian ბორჯგი (borǯgi), Laz ბოჯგი (bocgi) and Svan ლიბაჯგე (libaǯge).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bard͡ʒi/, [b̥aɾd͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: ბარ‧ჯი

Noun

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ბარჯი (barǯi) (plural ბარჯები)

  1. gaff
  2. harpoon

Inflection

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *ba(r)ǯ-.

Noun

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ბარჯი (barǯi)

  1. gaff
  2. bident

Descendants

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  • Georgian: ბარჯი (barǯi)

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 9
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 52
  • Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 98
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბარჯი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 29