ბაწარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ბაწარი (bac̣ari), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *bac̣-. Cognate with ბაწკი (bac̣ḳi, thread, string).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑtsʼɑri/
  • Hyphenation: ბა‧წა‧რი

Noun

ბაწარი (bac̣ari) (plural ბაწრები)

  1. packthread, ratlin, ratline, string, whipcord, rope

Declension

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Derived terms

  • მთების ბაწარი (mtebis bac̣ari)
  • ბაწარს აიღებს (bac̣ars aiɣebs)
  • ბაწარს დადებს (bac̣ars dadebs)

See also


Old Georgian

Etymology

No cognates are found in other Kartvelian languages, however Proto-Georgian-Zan *bac̣- is reconstructable via internal reconstruction. Starostin further compares it with Proto-Indo-European *bhasko- (heap, bundle, fascicle) as well as other comparisons in the controversial Nostratic theory.

Noun

ბაწარი (bac̣ari)

  1. tether
  2. rope

Descendants

References

  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ბაწარი”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 30
  • Starostin, S. A. (2005), *bac̣-”, in Kartvelian etymological database compiled on the basis of G. Klimov's and Fähnrich-Sarjveladze's etymological dictionaries of Kartvelian languages
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