ბაწარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ბაწარი (bac̣ari).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat͡sʼari/, [b̥at͡sʼaɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧წა‧რი

Noun

ბაწარი • (bac̣ari) (plural ბაწრები)

  1. packthread, ratlin, ratline, string, whipcord, rope
  2. (Imerkhevi) narrow footpath[1][2]

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • მთების ბაწარი (mtebis bac̣ari)
  • ბაწარს აიღებს (bac̣ars aiɣebs)
  • ბაწარს დადებს (bac̣ars dadebs)
  • ბაწკი (bac̣ḳi, weak thread, string)

Descendants

  • Bats: ბაწარ (bac̣ar)

See also

References

  1. Marr, N. (1911) “Дневник поездки в Шавшетию и Кларджетию [Diary of the trip to Shavsheti and Klarjeti]”, in Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии. Книга VII. Георгий Мерчуле. Житие Св. Григория Хандзтийского (Издания Факультета восточных языков Императорского С.-Петербургского университета; 5) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 82a
  2. ბაწარი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბაწარი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

Old Georgian

Etymology

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Noun

ბაწარი • (bac̣ari)

  1. tether
  2. rope

Descendants

References

  • Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 280, reconstructs Proto-Georgian-Zan *bac̣₁- and connects with Mingrelian ბეჭუა (beč̣ua); considers Georgian ბოჭვა (boč̣va) to be a Zan borrowing

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბაწარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 30
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