ბირდენ
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بردن (birden).
Adverb
[edit]ბირდენ • (birden) (Latin spelling birden)
- (Vizha) much, very
- (Arkabi) suddenly
- Synonym: ამეშვენე (ameşvene)
- ამეშვენე გალე გამუკაპიში ბირდენ ემკუთი.
- ameşvene gale gamuǩap̌işi birden emǩuti.
- I was startled (suddenly got scared) when you suddenly jumped out.
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “birden”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბირდენ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi