ბეჯღაჲ

Laz

Etymology

From ბეჯღ- (becğ-) +‎ -აჲ (-ay). Along with Laz ბეჯღამს (becğams) Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *beʒ₁ɣ- (“to scold, rail; be angry”).

Verb

ბეჯღაჲ • (becğay) (Latin spelling becğay) (Vizha, Artasheni)

1. to shout in unnecessary and erratic voices

   მუსა ჰიკუ ნა ბეჯღაჲ! მუ აღოდუ?

   musa hiǩu na becğay! mu ağodu?

   How loud Moses is shouting! What happened?

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “becğams/ becğay”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობეჯღუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi