ბორჯი
Laz
Alternative forms
- ბორჟი (borji) — Vizha
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورج (borc).
Noun
ბორჯი • (borci) (Latin spelling borci) (Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala, Akçakoca)
- debt, loan
- Synonyms: ეცხა (eʒxa), მაჩამა (maçama), მეჩამონი (meçamoni), ეცხერი (eʒxeri)
- თოჶიკიში მითიზ ჶეჲდა ვარუღუნ. ჰემუქ ბორჯიმუში ფაღუმს.
- tofiǩişi mitiz feyda varuğun. hemuk borcimuşi pağums.
- Tofik is of no use to anyone. He is clearing his own debt.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ბორჯი (borci) | ბორჯეფე (borcepe) |
| ergative | ბორჯიქ (borcik) | ბორჯეფექ (borcepek) |
| dative | ბორჯის (borcis) | ბორჯეფეს (borcepes) |
| genitive | ბორჯიშ(ი) (borciş(i)) | ბორჯეფეშ(ი) (borcepeş(i)) |
| directive | ბორჯიშე (borcişe) | ბორჯეფეშე (borcepeşe) |
| ablative | ბორჯიშენ (borcişen) | ბორჯეფეშენ (borcepeşen) |
| locative | ბორჯის (borcis) | ბორჯეფეს (borcepes) |
| instrumental | ბორჯითენ (borciten) | ბორჯეფეთენ (borcepeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “borci”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბორჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian
Etymology
Together with Gurian Georgian ბორჯი (borǯi, “time; deadline”) borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورج (borc, “debt, time”).[1]
Noun
ბორჯი • (borǯi) (plural ბორჯეფი)
References
- ^ 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)[1] (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)[4], 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)[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN