ბურვაკი

Georgian

Etymology

From Middle Georgian ბურვაკი (burvaḳi). The origin is unknown, but possibly from a Northeast Caucasian language: compare Lak буркӏ (burkʼ, boar) and Bats ბურუკ (buruḳ, piglet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /burvakʼi/
  • Hyphenation: ბურ‧ვა‧კი

Noun

ბურვაკი (burvaḳi) (plural ბურვაკები)

  1. piglet (three months to one year of age)

Inflection

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Synonyms

  • ნაზარდა (nazarda)

See also

References

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), ბურვაკი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716), ბურვაკი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [The Wisp of Georgian Words That Beeth a Dictionary], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 56
  • Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), *wHārƛ̣_wǝ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Климов, Г. А. (1971), “Кавказские этимологии (1—8) [Caucasian etymologies (1–8)]”, in Этимология (in Russian), issue 1968, Moscow: Nauka, pages 224–225
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