בורגני
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Hebrew
Etymology
Originally a Mishnaic word denoting the inhabitant of a בֻּרְגָּן (burgan); a word that can denote a field hut, a fortress, or even an inn.
In modern Hebrew, the term was recycled to include the semantics of French bourgeois.
Adjective
בּוּרגָנִי • (burgani)
- bourgeois
- בורגנים ופרולטרים
- Burganím veProletarím
- Bourgeois and Proletarians (Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) A dweller of a field hut; or of a citadel or fortress; Alternatively, an innkeeper.
References
- “בורגני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
בורגני on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
