ბაზმა

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian ბაზმაკი (bazmaḳi). For the development of the ending see -აკი (-aḳi).

Noun

ბაზმა • (bazma)

  1. (dated) a small oil lamp, typically used to light an icon in a church
  2. (dialectal) burning walnut placed before a child ill with smallpox, scarlet fever or measles, to save it from death

References

  • Beriʒe, Vuḳol (1912) “ბაზმა”, in Siṭq̇vis-ḳona imerul da rač̣ul tkmata (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 6)‎[1] (in Georgian), Saint Petersburg: Academy press, pages 2–3
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბაზმა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
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