αρτζι-μπούρτζι

Greek

Alternative forms

• αρτζιμπούρτζι (artzimpoúrtzi), άρτζι μπούρτζι (ártzi boúrtzi)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ἀρτζιβούριος (artziboúrios), borrowed from Old Armenian առաջաւորաց (պահք) (aṙaǰaworacʻ (pahkʻ), “pre-lenten fast”)

Adverb

αρτζι-μπούρτζι • (artzi-boúrtzi)

1. topsy-turvy, higgledy-piggledy, disordered
2. without logic

Derived terms

• άρτζι μπούρτζι και λουλάς (ártzi boúrtzi kai loulás, “bedlam, mumbo jumbo”)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “առաջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 252–253

Further reading

• Առաջավորաց պահք on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hy