burç
Turkish
/burt͡ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- zodiac
- horoscope
- constellation
- tower
- (mechanical engineering) bushing
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish برج (tower, constellation, zodiac) derived from Arabic بُرْج (tower) derived from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ (columbarium, tower) derived from Ancient Greek πύργος (tower) derived from Latin burgus (city, walled town, borough, town, fort) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerǵʰ-
Gloss
high, rise, fort, hill, fortified elevation, elevate, height, become high, hide, raise, mountain, elevated, protect
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Foxborough English
- Marlborough English
- borough English
- boroughholder English
- boroughhood English
- boroughmaster English
- boroughmonger English
- boroughwide English
- burg English
- county borough English
- interborough English
- multiborough English
- pyrgoidal English
- *burgus Latin
- burgensis Latin
- burgibannus Latin
- burgus Latin
- burgātor Latin
- fortificatio Latin
- fortifico Latin
- fortificō Latin
- fortis Latin
- fortis, fortem Latin
- fortitūdō Latin
- Burgio Italian
- borghese Italian
- borgo Italian
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- bourg French
- pyrgoïdal French
- brío Spanish, Castilian
- burgo Spanish, Castilian
- Φρύξ Ancient Greek
- πύργος Ancient Greek
- *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerǵʰ-, *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰr̥ǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰérǵʰonts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂erkʷo- Proto-Indo-European
- *berganą Proto-Germanic
- *bergaz Proto-Germanic
- *burgz Proto-Germanic
- ब्राह्मण Sanskrit
- borwe Middle English
- *bergъ Proto-Slavic
- برج Arabic
- بُرْج Arabic
- berg Icelandic
- бурҷ Persian
- برج Persian
- بُرْج Persian
- πύργος Greek (modern)
- բառնամ Old Armenian
- burgo Ido
- buruj Malay
- fort Middle French
- bürc Azerbaijani
- *burg gmw-pro
- برج Ottoman Turkish
- burgo Old Portuguese
- ბურჯი Georgian
- *Senobrix Proto-Celtic
- *bargīti Proto-Celtic
- *brigantīnos Proto-Celtic
- *brixs Proto-Celtic
- *kaito- Proto-Celtic
- *karants Proto-Celtic
- *lestro- Proto-Celtic
- *talu- Proto-Celtic
- *trāgi- Proto-Celtic
- *windos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸano-, *ɸeno- Proto-Celtic
- *bʰárȷ́ʰištʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰŕ̥ȷ́ʰma Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *burg Frankish
- borgada Old Occitan
- برج Urdu
- برج Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਬੁਰਜ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ܒܘܪܓܐ Classical Syriac
- forctis Old Latin
- برج Pashto, Pushto
- berz Zazaki
- برج fa-cls
- برج Central Kurdish
- बुरज Rajasthani
- 𒁓𒂵𒈾 Urartian