ܒܘܪܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), via Latin burgus or Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos). The sense of "zodiac sign" is influenced by Arabic بُرْج (burj), itself borrowed from Syriac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [burɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [burɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܓܐ • (būrgāʾ) m (plural ܒܘܪܓܐ)

1. tower, turret, fortress
2. columbarium
3. (astrology) zodiac sign

   Synonym: ܡܠܘܫܐ

Inflection

    inflection of ܒܘܪܓܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܒܘܪܓ	ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
construct	ܒܘܪܓ	ܒܘܪܓܝ
emphatic	ܒܘܪܓܐ	ܒܘܪܓܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܒܘܪܓܝ	ܒܘܪܓܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܒܘܪܓܟ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܒܘܪܓܟܝ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܒܘܪܓܗ	ܒܘܪܓܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܒܘܪܓܗ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܒܘܪܓܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܒܘܪܓܟܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܒܘܪܓܟܝܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܒܘܪܓܗܘܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܒܘܪܓܗܝܢ	ܒܘܪܓܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: بُرْج (burj)
  • → Middle Armenian: պուրճ (purč)
  • → Azerbaijani: бүрҹ / bürc / بۆرج
  • → Georgian: ბურჯი (burǯi)
  • → Gujarati: બુરજ (buraj)
  • → Hindi: बुर्ज (burj)
  • → Northern Kurdish: birc / برج (birc)
  • → Maltese: borġ
  • → Ottoman Turkish: برج (burc)
    • Turkish: burç, burc
  • → Persian: برج (borj)
  • → Punjabi: ਬੁਰਜ (buraj) / برج (burj)
  • → Rajasthani: बुरज (burj)
  • → Tajik: бурҷ (burj)
  • → Urdu: برج (burj)

References

• “bwrg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-15
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 26b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 130b