ბორცჳ

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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According to Andronikashvili, an Iranian borrowing from the family of Persian برز (borz, high, tall). For the -ც- (-c-) compare ცრუჲ (cruy).

According to Fähnrich, a Nakh borrowing: compare Ingush боарз (boarz, gravemound, mound of earth; kurgan), Chechen барз (barz, hill, hillock, mound). The Nakh terms are usually derived from Ossetian барз (barz), which is cognate with Persian برز (borz).

Noun

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ბორცჳ (borcwi)

  1. hill, hillock

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: ბორცვი (borcvi)

References

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  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 387–388
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2022) Der Erbwortschatz der nachischen Sprachen im Kaukasus [The inherited vocabulary of Nakh languages in the Caucasus] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 8
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ბორცუი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 106b

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