ոսի

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Margaryan identifies with հոսի (hosi). J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *oḱiyā, from the root *oḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ոսի • (osi)

  1. (dialectal, Karabakh, Goris) a kind of thorny plant, which is eagerly eaten by animals when it is green and used as tinder when it is dry; its roots are used for making the shafts of spinning wheels

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ոսի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 855a
  • The template Template:R:hy:Margaryan:1975 does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Margaryan, Alekʻsandr (1975) Gorisi barbaṙə [The dialect of Goris]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 476b
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “ոսի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 326a
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