Georgian

Noun

ბარდი • ‎(bardi) ‎(plural ბარდები)

1. undergrowth, brush, bushes

Derived terms

• ეკალბარდი ‎(eḳalbardi)
• შებარდული ‎(šebarduli)
• ბარდიანი ‎(bardiani)
• ბარდნალი ‎(bardnali)
• ბარდნარი ‎(bardnari)

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: ბარდი ‎(bardi)

References

• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “ბარდი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press
• Čubinov, David (1887), “ბარდი”, in Gruzinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 97

Etymology 2

Noun

ბარდი • ‎(bardi) ‎(plural ბარდები)

1. bard (singer among the ancient Celts)

Laz

Etymology

From Armenian բարդ ‎(bard).

Noun

ბარდი • ‎(bardi) ‎(Latin script bardi)

1. stack of hay, straw, etc; particularly, stack of fern collected for manuring the ground

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բարդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Marr, N. (1910), “ბარდი”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences

Mingrelian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ბარდი ‎(bardi).

Noun

ბარდი • ‎(bardi)

1. undergrowth, brush, bushes

References

• Kipšidze, I. (1910), “ბარდი”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 201a