Reconstruction:Proto-Georgian-Zan/beɣur-

This Proto-Georgian-Zan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Georgian-Zan

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *beɣ- (“to be enough”).

Noun

*beɣ-ur-

  1. sparrow

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბეღურა (beɣura)
  • Zan:

References

  • Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “Kelimelerin tarihinden”, in Jineps‎[1] (in Turkish), retrieved 11 May 2025, derives Laz ბაღულჲა (bağulya) from ბაღუ (bağu)
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ბაღირე”, 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)‎[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 201b, links Mingrelian and Georgian
  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 12―13, unaware of Laz ბაღულჲა (bağulya)
  • Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 107–108, unaware of Laz ბაღულჲა (bağulya)
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 62―63, unaware of Laz ბაღულჲა (bağulya)
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