برغي

Arabic

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, likely from Ottoman Turkish بورغو‎ (burɣu, “screw, auger”). Cognate with Turkish burgu (“screw, auger”), Azerbaijani burğu (“screw, drill, auger”), Chagatai بورغو‎ (burğu, “screw, drill, auger”), Kazakh бұрғы (būrğy, “drill bit, auger”) and others, a derivative of the stem in Ottoman Turkish بورمق‎ (burmak, “to twist”) / Turkish burmak (“to twist”), Uzbek бурамоқ (buramoq, “to twist”), Kazakh бұрау (būrau, “drill, auger; to twist”), Bashkir бырау (bıraw, “drill, auger”) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bur.ɣijj/

Noun

بُرْغِيّ • (burḡiyy) m (plural بَرَاغِيّ‎ (barāḡiyy))

  1. screw, bolt, a threaded metal fastener
    Synonym: قَلَاوُوظ‎ (qalāwūẓ)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Hebrew: בֹּרֶג‎ (bṓrēg)
  • Kurdish:
    → Northern Kurdish: burxî, birxî
    → Central Kurdish: بورغی‎ (burẍî), برغی‎ (birẍî)
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