برج

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

• IPA^(key): /burd͡ʒ/

بُرْج • (burj) m (dual بُرْجَان‎ (burjān), plural بُرُوج‎ (burūj) or أَبْرَاج‎ (ʾabrāj))

1. castle
2. citadel
3. tower

   بُرْج خَلِيفَة‎ (burj ḵalīfa, “Khalifa Tower”) (dialect: borǰ khalīfa), initially named بُرْج دُبَيّ‎ (burj dubayy, “Dubai Tower”).

4. constellation
5. spire
6. asterism
7. zodiac
8. sign of the zodiac

• حِصْن‎ (ḥiṣn)
• قَلْعَة‎ (qalʿa), قِلْعَة‎ (qilʿa)
• مَعْقِل‎ (maʿqil)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “برج”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• "Burg" in D. N. MacKenzie (1986), A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “برج”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ba.ri.d͡ʒa/

بَرِجَ • (barija) I, non-past يَبْرَجُ‎‎ (yabraju)

1. to be or become apparent, manifest or conspicuous, and high or elevated
2. to have large, beautiful eyes where the white entirely surrounds the black
3. (of one's condition) to become ample in respect of eating and drinking

• IPA^(key): /ba.rad͡ʒ/

بَرَج • (baraj) m

1. verbal noun of بَرِجَ (barija) (form I)

برج (bürc)

1. Alternative spelling of بۆرج‎

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Persian برز‎ (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg.

برج • (birc) ?

1. tower
2. constellation
3. zodiac

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

برج • (burc)

1. tower
2. constellation
3. zodiac
4. sign of the zodiac

• Turkish: burç

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Persian برز‎ (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg.

• IPA^(key): /brad͡ʒ/

برج • (braj) m (plural برجونه‎ (brajuna))

1. tower

Arabicized form of Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), possibly from Middle Persian [script needed] (burg), or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”), with cognates including Persian برز‎ (borz), Sanskrit बृहत् (bṛhát, “lofty, high, tall”), Old Armenian բարձր (barjr, “high”) and Old English burg.

برج • (borj) (plural برج‌ها‎ (borj-hâ) or بروج‎)

1. steeple
2. tower
3. pylon
4. column
5. peel, keep
6. fort, castle
7. pinnacle
8. dovecote
9. star
10. constellation
11. zodiac
12. sign of the zodiac

• برجی‎ (borji)

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

بُرج • (burj) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁਰਜ)

1. bastion
2. tower
3. turret
4. constellation
5. sign of the zodiac

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), from Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܓܐ‎ (burgāʾ), from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“high”).

برج • (burj) m (Hindi spelling बुर्ज)

1. bastion
2. tower
3. turret
4. constellation
5. sign of the zodiac