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
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative շիշ (šiš) շշեր (ššer)
dative շշի (šši) շշերի (ššeri)
ablative շշից (ššicʻ) շշերից (ššericʻ)
instrumental շշով (ššov) շշերով (ššerov)
locative շշում (ššum) շշերում (ššerum)
definite forms
nominative շիշը/շիշն (šišə/šišn) շշերը/շշերն (ššerə/ššern)
dative շշին (ššin) շշերին (ššerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative շիշս (šišs) շշերս (ššers)
dative շշիս (ššis) շշերիս (ššeris)
ablative շշիցս (ššicʻs) շշերիցս (ššericʻs)
instrumental շշովս (ššovs) շշերովս (ššerovs)
locative շշումս (ššums) շշերումս (ššerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative շիշդ (šišd) շշերդ (ššerd)
dative շշիդ (ššid) շշերիդ (ššerid)
ablative շշիցդ (ššicʻd) շշերիցդ (ššericʻd)
instrumental շշովդ (ššovd) շշերովդ (ššerovd)
locative շշումդ (ššumd) շշերումդ (ššerumd)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

շիշ (šiš)

  1. (dialectal) skewer, spit
    Synonym: շամփուր (šampʻur)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative շիշ (šiš) շշեր (ššer)
dative շշի (šši) շշերի (ššeri)
ablative շշից (ššicʻ) շշերից (ššericʻ)
instrumental շշով (ššov) շշերով (ššerov)
locative շշում (ššum) շշերում (ššerum)
definite forms
nominative շիշը/շիշն (šišə/šišn) շշերը/շշերն (ššerə/ššern)
dative շշին (ššin) շշերին (ššerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative շիշս (šišs) շշերս (ššers)
dative շշիս (ššis) շշերիս (ššeris)
ablative շշիցս (ššicʻs) շշերիցս (ššericʻs)
instrumental շշովս (ššovs) շշերովս (ššerovs)
locative շշումս (ššums) շշերումս (ššerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative շիշդ (šišd) շշերդ (ššerd)
dative շշիդ (ššid) շշերիդ (ššerid)
ablative շշիցդ (ššicʻd) շշերիցդ (ššericʻd)
instrumental շշովդ (ššovd) շշերովդ (ššerovd)
locative շշումդ (ššumd) շշերումդ (ššerumd)

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 [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (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