թուշ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թուշ (tʻuš).

Pronunciation

Noun

թուշ (tʻuš)

  1. (informal) cheek
    ոռի թուշoṙi tʻušbutt cheek, buttock

Declension

Synonyms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The basic meaning is “swelling”, from Proto-Indo-European *tuHr-so-, from *tuHr- *turH- (to swell), whence also թուռ (tʻuṙ), and perhaps թոռ (tʻoṙ, lobe of the ear) and թուրծ (tʻurc). Cognate with Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós) and Czech tvář.

Noun

թուշ (tʻuš)

  1. cheek

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: թուշ (tʻuš)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 296