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ბურბუ

Laz edit

Etymology edit

From *ბორბ-უ (*borb-u), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *barb-.[1][2] Cognate with Mingrelian ბურბუ (burbu, “bat”) and obsolete Georgian ბრბუნვა (brbunva, “blind groping”).[3]

Noun edit

ბურბუ • (burbu) (plural ბურბუეფე)

  1. bat (flying animal)

References edit

  1. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 71-72
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
  3. ^ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბურბუ”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 53a

Further reading edit

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 12

Mingrelian edit

Etymology edit

From *ბორბ-უ (*borb-u), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *barb-.[1][2] Cognate with Laz ბურბუ (burbu, “bat”) and obsolete Georgian ბრბუნვა (brbunva, “blind groping”).[3]

Noun edit

ბურბუ • (burbu) (plural ბურბუეფი)

  1. bat (flying animal)
    Synonyms: მესერია (meseria), ოხვამეშ ჭუკი (oxvameš č̣uḳi)

References edit

  1. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, pages 71-72
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
  3. ^ Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბურბუ”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[2], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 53a

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბურბუ”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 133
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