շիշ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian շիշ (šiš). Doublet of շուշա (šuša) and շիշա (šiša).

Noun

շիշ (šiš)

  1. bottle
    գինու շիշginu šišwine bottle
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish شیش (şiş) (Turkish şiş).

Noun

շիշ (šiš)

  1. (dialectal) skewer, spit
    Synonym: շամփուր (šampʻur)
Declension

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “շիշ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 261

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (šyšk' /⁠šīšag⁠/, bottle, flask), Persian شیشه (šiše, glass).

Noun

շիշ (šiš)

  1. bottle, flask, phial
    • 5th century, Bible, Luke 7.37:
      Եւ կին մի էր ի քաղաքին մեղաւոր․ իբրեւ գիտաց թէ բազմեալ է ի տան փարիսեցւոյն, բերեալ շիշ մի իւղոյ ազնուի։
      Ew kin mi ēr i kʻałakʻin meławor; ibrew gitacʻ tʻē bazmeal ē i tan pʻarisecʻwoyn, bereal šiš mi iwłoy aznui.
      • Translation by King James Bible
        And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that sat at meat in the Pharisee' s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: շիշ (šiš)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շիշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շիշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 214
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շիշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy