бжын

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Kabardian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Circassian *pč:ǝ- (Nikolayev / Starostin) or *bč:ǝ- (Šagirov). Cognate with Adyghe пчъын (pĉən); see there for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

бжын • (bžən)

  1. to count
    Щӏалэр мабже.
    Śʼalɛr mabže.
    The boy is counting.
    Щӏалэм вагъуэр ебж.
    Śʼalɛm vağʷɛr jebž.
    The boy is counting the stars.

References[edit]

  • Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, page 87
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