αρτζι-μπούρτζι

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adverb

αρτζι-μπούρτζι • (artzi-boúrtzi)

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

Derived terms

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

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