daržas

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Lithuanian

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Dar̃žas

Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian dārzs, with further origin outside of Baltic uncertain.[1]

Smoczynski suggests a derivation from dir̃žas (belt), which he tentatively derives from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (fenced lot); one possible cognate is Proto-Germanic *targǭ (edge, rim, border) (whence English target). He also proposes an alternative etymology from a metathesis of the root underlying žárdas (rack for drying flax), the latter which is generally thought to be related to gar̃das (fence, enclosure).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɐrˑʒɐs]
  • Hyphenation: dar‧žas

Noun

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dar̃žas m (plural daržaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. vegetable garden

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dar̃žas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 94
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žardas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 513

Further reading

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