пирг

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῠ́ργος (pŭ́rgos, “watchtower”), probably of Ancient Macedonian (or alternatively Pelasgian) origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to tower”).

• IPA^(key): [pirk]

пирг • (pirg) m

1. (dialectal) tower, pillar

   Synonyms: ку́ла (kúla), стълп (stǎlp)

2. (dialectal) small fortress

   Synonyms: (dated) ка́ле (kále), за́мък (zámǎk), укрепле́ние (ukreplénie)

• Бурга́с (Burgás, “Bourgas”) (historically known as Πύργος as per Byzantine author Manuel Philes)

• “пирг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пирг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пи́ргъ, пи́ргове”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33

• грип (grip)