бурҷ

See also: бүрҹ and бурч

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (būrgā), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Persian برز‎ (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [burdʒ]
Dari Persian برج‎
Iranian Persian برج‎
Tajiki Persian бурҷ (burj)

Noun

бурҷ • (burj) (plural бурҷҳо or буруҷ)

  1. fortress
  2. tower

Synonyms

  • қалъа (qalʾa)
  • ҳисор (hisor)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.