ბაჭა

Mingrelian

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Abkhaz а-па́ҿа (a-pʼáĉʼa).[1]

    Adjective

    ბაჭა • (bač̣a)

    1. (figuratively) little, small, short, dwarfish

    Noun

    ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)

    1. tick (arachnid)
    2. botfly
    3. warble fly
    Synonyms
    • გირჯღიბე (girǯɣibe)

    References

    1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006), “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 54 of 25–76

    Further reading

    • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ბაჭა²”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
    • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914), “ბაჭა”, 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)‎[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 202a
    • Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ბაჭა”, 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), “ბაჭა”, 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

    Etymology 2

      Probably from Abkhaz.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

      Noun

      ბაჭა • (bač̣a) (plural ბაჭეფი)

      1. synonym of მაჸურზენე (maʾurzene, “Caucasian whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos)”)

      References

      1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006), “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus‎[2], volume 10, number 1, page 50 of 25–76

      Further reading

      • Kajaia, Otar (2005), “ბაჭა¹”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 92
      • Kobalia, Alio (2010), “ბაჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[6], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
      • Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961), “მაღალი მოცვი, კავკასიური მოცვი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎[7], 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
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