ბაგინი
Old Georgian
Etymology
Together with Old Armenian բագին (bagin) borrowed from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *bagáh (“god”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás.
Noun
ბაგინი • (bagini)
- pagan shrine
- sacrificial altar
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) , “բագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 374a
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006) , “ბაგინი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press