ბაგინი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Together with Old Armenian բագին (bagin) borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bagáh (“god”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás.

Noun

ბაგინი • (bagini)

1. pagan shrine
2. sacrificial altar

Synonyms

• ბომონი (bomoni)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 374a
• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბაგინი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 28a
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 226
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბაგინი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: Garnett Press
• Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბაგინი”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎^[3], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 42b