ბარდი

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bardi/, [b̥aɾdi]
• Hyphenation: ბარ‧დი

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kartvelian *bard-; see there for more.

Noun

ბარდი • (bardi) (plural ბარდები)

1. undergrowth, brush, bushes

Derived terms

• ეკალბარდი (eḳalbardi)
• შებარდული (šebarduli)
• ბარდიანი (bardiani)
• ბარდნალი (bardnali)
• ბარდნარი (bardnari)

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: ბარდი (bardi)
  • → Abkhaz: а-бард (a-bard)

References

• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბარდი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
• Čubinov, David (1887) “ბარდი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 97

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian бард (bard).

Noun

ბარდი • (bardi) (plural ბარდები)

1. bard (singer among the ancient Celts)

Laz

Etymology

From Armenian բարդ (bard).

Noun

ბარდი • (bardi) (Latin script bardi)

1. haystack, straw stack; particularly, stack of fern collected for manuring the ground

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Marr, N. (1910) “ბარდი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press

Mingrelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ბარდი (bardi). Doublet of ბურდი (burdi).

Noun

ბარდი • (bardi)

1. undergrowth, brush, bushes

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-бард (a-bard)

References

• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბარდი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 201a