برغي

Arabic

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing, likely from Ottoman Turkish بورغو (burɣu, screw, auger). Cognate with Turkish burgu (screw, auger), Azerbaijani burğu (screw, drill, auger), Chagatai بورغو (burğu, screw, drill, auger), Kazakh бұрғы (būrğy, drill bit, auger) and others, a derivative of the stem in Ottoman Turkish بورمق (burmak, to twist) / Turkish burmak (to twist), Uzbek бурамоқ (buramoq, to twist), Kazakh бұрау (būrau, drill, auger; to twist), Bashkir бырау (bıraw, drill, auger) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bur.ɣijj/

Noun

بُرْغِيّ • (burḡiyy) m (plural بَرَاغِيّ (barāḡiyy))

  1. screw, bolt, a threaded metal fastener
    Synonym: قَلَاوُوظ (qalāwūẓ)

Declension

Descendants

  • Hebrew: בֹּרֶג (bṓrēg)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: burxî, birxî
    Central Kurdish: بورغی (burẍî), برغی (birẍî)
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