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From Proto-Finnic *pärkä, further etymology unknown. Compare Northern Sami bárgidit (“to plait”) and possibly also Karelian (puna)päre (“type of headwear”). Considering the almost parallel semantic development in tanu (“a traditional bonnet”) and Finnish tano (“birchbark”), it's plausible that the term is related to Erzya парго (pargo, “a traditional basket”) and Moksha парга (parga, “a cone made of birch bark”). The original meaning of the root might have been "tree bark, birch bark". As can be seen from the meanings, Estonian and Mordvinic jewelry and vessels were traditionally made of tree bark.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpærɡ̊/,
• Rhymes: -ærɡ
• Hyphenation: pärg

pärg (genitive pärja, partitive pärga)

1. wreath, chaplet (ornamental circular band of flowers, twigs, etc.)

   pärga punuma ― to weave a wreath

   pärga pähe panema ― to lay a wreath on one's head

   Hauaküngas kattus lillede ja pärgadega. ― The mound was covered with flowers and wreaths.

   Laulupeol saavad dirigendid tammeokstest pärjad kaela. ― At the Song Festival, conductors get wreaths made of oak around their necks.

2. something shaped like a wreath

   Paljast pealage ümbritses tumedatest juustest pärg. ― The bare head was surrounded by a wreath of dark hair.

   Inimesed seisid võitja ümber tiheda pärjana. ― People stood in a tight wreath around the victor.

3. A traditional girls' festive circular headdress with silk ribbons hanging from the back.

• vanik

• pärg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “pärg”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009