# ბრწამლი
## Georgian
### Alternative forms

* ბურწუმელა (burc̣umela) — Imereti, Lechkhumi, Racha, Chveneburi
* კურწუმელა (ḳurc̣umela), კურწუმელე (ḳurc̣umele) — Imereti
* ყურწუმელა (q̇urc̣umela) — Lechkhumi

### Etymology

From Old Georgian ბრწამლი (brc̣amli). Doublet of ბურწუმელა (burc̣umela), კურწუმელა (ḳurc̣umela), კურწუმელე (ḳurc̣umele), and ყურწუმელა (q̇urc̣umela), Zan borrowings.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [b̥ɾt͡sʼamli]
* Hyphenation: ბრწამ‧ლი

### Noun

ბრწამლი • (brc̣amli) (plural ბრწამლები)
* Smilax excelsa

#### Declension

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

#### See also

* ბროწეული (broc̣euli)

### References

* Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “ბრწამლი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
* Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “ბურწუმელა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 95a
* Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “ეკალღიჭი”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo
* “ბურწუმელი”, in Čveneburebis kartuli leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Chveneburi Georgian]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014
* “კურწუმელე”, in Imeruli leksiḳoni [Imeretian Dictionary]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2006–2009

## Old Georgian
### Alternative forms

* ბრძამლი (brʒamli)

### Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *brc̣aml-. Akin to Mingrelian ბურწუმოლი (burc̣umoli), Laz პურწუმოლი (p̌urǯumoli), პურწუმბოლი (p̌urǯumboli), as well as Abkhaz абырҷман (abərčʼman), апырҷман (apʼərčʼman), абырҷпан (abərčʼpʼan, “Smilax excelsa”).

### Noun

ბრწამლი • (brc̣amli)
* Smilax excelsa
* thorn, spike

#### Descendants

* Georgian: ბრწამლი (brc̣amli)

### References

* Gigineišvili, Bakar (1982) “Mr ḳonsonanṭuri ǯgupis suṗeraciisatvis Č̣anuris Atinur ḳiloḳavši [On the resolution of the mr consonant cluster in the Atina dialect of Laz]”, in Macne: enisa da liṭeraṭuris seria (in Georgian), number 2, Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 120
* Marr, N. (1915) “Яфетические названия деревьев и растений (Pluralia tantum). II [Japhetic names of trees and plants (Pluralia tantum). II]”, in Известия Российской Академии Наук. VI серия‎ (in Russian), volume 9, number 9, page 830
* Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 20, mistranslates as "small pomegranate"
* Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 121
* Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 80

### Further reading

* Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ბრწამლი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 36
* Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ბრწამლი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 110b, 112a