ბაღანა

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Georgian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A word unattested in Old Georgian. Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani in his dictionary ლექსიკონი ქართული (leksiḳoni kartuli) writes that the word means მცირე ტყუჱ (mcire ṭq̇uē, juvenile captive/prisoner). According to Javakhishvili, the word breaks down as ბა-ღანა (ba-ɣana), where, according to him, the first part expresses young age of a living being (whence also ბავშვი (bavšvi), ბოზო (bozo) and others), and the second part must be related to Svan ღანაუ̂ (ɣanaû) and ღანავ (ɣanav), both variations meaning pregnant.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /baɣana/, [b̥aʁana]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧ღა‧ნა

Noun[edit]

ბაღანა (baɣana) (plural ბაღანები)

  1. (colloquial) child, baby
  2. (obsolete) youth sold into slavery
    Synonym: ქაშაგი (kašagi)

Inflection[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • Ǯavaxišvili, Ivane (1937) Kartveli eris isṭoriis šesavali. Ṭomi 2. Kartuli da ḳavḳasiuri enebis tavdaṗirveli buneba da natesaoba [Introduction to the history of the Georgian nation. Volume II. The original structure and relations of Caucasian and Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 211–212
  • Orbeliani, Sulxan-Saba (1685–1716) “ბაღანა”, in S. Iordanišvili, editor, Siṭq̇vis ḳona kartuli, romel ars leksiḳoni [Collection of Georgian words, that is a dictionary]‎[1], Tbilisi: Georgian SSR print, published 1949, page 369
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ბაღანა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎[2] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 62

Mingrelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Georgian ბაღანა (baɣana).

Noun[edit]

ბაღანა (baɣana) (plural ბაღანეფი)

  1. child, baby

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბაღანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 88