ბურძგა

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Mingrelian

chestnut shell

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier form *ბორძგ- (*borʒg-), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *barʒg-, cognate with Georgian ბაძგი (baʒgi, “holly, ilex”).[1][2] Doublet of ბაძგი (baʒgi).

Noun

ბურძგა • (burʒga)

  1. chestnut shell prickles, thorns

Descendants

  • → Georgian: ბუძგი, ბუძგვი (buʒgi, buʒgvi, “chestnut prickles, thorns; bristly hair; small hedgehog”); ბურძგი (burʒgi, “bristly hair”)
    • → Svan: ბუძგუ̂ (buʒgû, “prickly, thorny shell”) (from ბუძგვი (buʒgvi))

References

  1. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 97-98
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 51

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბურძგა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 144
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