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Old Georgian
Etymology
Together with Old Armenian բագին (bagin) borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bagáh (“god”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás.
Noun
ბაგინი • (bagini)
- pagan shrine
- sacrificial altar
Synonyms
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 374a
- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბაგინი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 28a
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 226
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბაგინი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
- Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბაგინი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 42b