برغز

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic בַר עִזָּא / ܒܪ ܥܙܐ (bar ʿezzā, goat-son). Compare بَرْغَش (barḡaš, gnat), بُرْعُم (burʕum, scion), بَزْر (bazr, seed).

Noun

بَرْغَز or بُرْغُز • (barḡaz or burḡuz) m (plural بَرَاغِز (barāḡiz), feminine بَرْغَزَة (barḡaza) or بُرْغُزَة (burḡuza)) (obsolete)

  1. the young of a cow, calf or heifer

Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 111
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “برغز”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
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