ბორჯი

Mingrelian

Etymology

Together with Gurian Georgian ბორჯი (borǯi, “time; deadline”) borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورج (borc, “debt, time”).[1]

Noun

ბორჯი • (borǯi) (plural ბორჯეფი)

  1. time; hour
    Synonyms: დრო (dro), ჟამი (žami)
  2. deadline

References
  1. Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბორჯი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 207a

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ბორჯი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 120
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ბორჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ბორჯი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
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