בורגני

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally a Mishnaic word denoting the inhabitant of a בֻּרְגָּן (burgan); a word that can denote a field hut, a fortress, or even an inn.

In modern Hebrew, the term was recycled to include the semantics of French bourgeois.

Adjective[edit]

בּוּרגָנִי (burgani)

  1. bourgeois
    בורגנים ופרולטרים
    Burganím veProletarím
    Bourgeois and Proletarians (Chapter 1 of the Communist Manifesto)
  2. (Mishnaic Hebrew) A dweller of a field hut; or of a citadel or fortress; Alternatively, an innkeeper.

References[edit]

  • בורגני” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading[edit]