بورغو

Ottoman Turkish
بورغو

Alternative forms
  • بورغی‎ (burgu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *burgu (“borer, gimlet, auger”), from the same root of بورمق‎ (burmak, “to twist or screw”); cognate with Azerbaijani burğu, Bashkir бырау (bıraw), Chagatai بورغو‎ (burğu), Chuvash пӑра (păra), Kazakh бұрғы (būrğy) and Turkmen buraw.

Noun

بورغو • (burgu)

  1. (in general) borer, drill, any instrument used for drilling
    Synonyms: برمه‎ (berme), پرماه‎ (permah), مثقب‎ (mıskab)
  2. gimlet, a small screw-tipped tool for boring holes
  3. auger, a carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those made by a gimlet
  4. corkscrew, a device for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork
    Synonym: تیربوشون‎ (tirbuşon)

Derived terms
  • بورغوجی‎ (burgucu, “maker or seller of borers”)
  • بورغولامق‎ (burgulamak, “to bore, drill”)
  • بورغولو‎ (burgulu, “furished with a borer”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: burgu
  • → Albanian: burgji
  • → Arabic: بُرْغِيّ‎ (burḡiyy)
    • → Hebrew: בֹּרֶג‎ (bṓrēg)
    • Kurdish:
      → Northern Kurdish: burxî, birxî
      → Central Kurdish: بورغی‎ (burẍî), برغی‎ (birẍî)
  • → Armenian: (Nor Nakhichevan) պուռղու (puṙłu), (Van) բուռկուն (buṙkun)
  • → Bulgarian: бурги́я (burgíja)
  • → Laz: ბურღი (burği)
  • → Romanian: burghiu
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бу̀ргија
    Latin script: bùrgija

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