Georgian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Armenian բաց (bacʻ).[1] Initially probably a Tbilisi dialect word.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bat͡si/, [b̥at͡sʰi]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ცი

Adjective edit

ბაცი (baci) (comparative უფრო ბაცი, superlative ყველაზე ბაცი)

  1. bright, light, pale, whitish (of colors, highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Č̣q̇onia, Ilia (1910) “ბაცი”, in Siṭq̇vis-ḳona. Saba-sulxan orbelianis da davit čubinašvilis leksiḳonebši gamoṭovebuli siṭq̇vebi / Грузинский Глоссарий. Слова не вошедшие в словари Савы-Сулхана Орбелиани и Давида Чубинова (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 1)‎[1], with etymologies added by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 6

Further reading edit

  • Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) “ბაცი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary]‎[2], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 47