ბაჭა

Mingrelian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Abkhaz а-па́ҿа (a-pʼáĉʼa).

Adjective

ბაჭა • (bač̣a)

1. (figuratively) little, small, short, dwarfish

Noun

ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)

1. tick (arachnid)
2. botfly
3. warble fly

Synonyms

• გირჯღიბე (girǯɣibe)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაჭა²”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბაჭა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 202a
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბაჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ბაჭა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Probably from Abkhaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)

1. Synonym of მაჸურზენე (maʾurzene, “Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos)”)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაჭა¹”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბაჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[6], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “მაღალი მოცვი, კავკასიური მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎^[7], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo