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ბრძოლა

ბრძოლა

Georgian

ბრძოლა. Georgians (left) against Khwarezmians (right) in the battle of Bolnisi.

Noun

ბრძოლა (brʒola) (plural ბრძოლები)

  1. battle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ბრძოლის ველი (brʒolis veli)
  • ბრძოლისუნარიანი (brʒolisunariani)
  • ბრძოლისუუნარო (brʒolisuunaro)
  • კლასობრივი ბრძოლა (ḳlasobrivi brʒola)

See also

  • შეტაკება (šeṭaḳeba)
  • ომი (omi)

Old Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *brʒ₁-. Klimov further derives *brʒ₁- from Proto-Kartvelian *b(o)rg- (to wrestle), but this is disputed by Starostin.

Noun

ბრძოლა (brʒola)

  1. battle
  2. war
  3. formation, structure, lineup
  4. merit, contribution
  5. fight

Descendants

References

  • penrixi (Fähnrich), hainc; sarǯvelaʒe, zurab (2000) kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 120
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 79
  • Klimov, Georgij A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 18
  • abulaʒe, ilia (1973), ბრძოლა”, in ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 54