փոշի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոշի (pʻoši).

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Noun

փոշի • (pʻoši)

1. dust

   Synonym: (dialectal) թոզ (tʻoz)

   փոշով ծածկված ― pʻošov cackvac ― covered in dust

2. powder

   կաթի փոշի ― katʻi pʻoši ― milk powder

3. (botany) pollen

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. Martirosyan proposes a European substrate, paralleling Balto-Slavic: compare Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), Russian порох (porox), Polish proch, from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, and Latvian pārsla (“flake”), all from Proto-Balto-Slavic *paršas. Thus, ultimately connected to Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“sprinkle”).

Noun

փոշի • (pʻoši)

1. dust

   փոշի կաղնւոյ ― pʻoši kałnwoy ― tan, oak-bark

   փոշի շաքարի ― pʻoši šakʻari ― powder-sugar

   փոշի իւղեփեցաց ― pʻoši iwłepʻecʻacʻ ― sweet-powder

   փոշի հերաց ― pʻoši heracʻ ― hair-powder

   տուփ փոշւոյ հերաց ― tupʻ pʻošwoy heracʻ ― powder-box

   ամպ փոշւոյ ― amp pʻošwoy ― a cloud or whirlwind of dust

   փոշի հրացան ― pʻoši hracʻan ― gun-powder, powder

   դնել ինչ ի փոշի, ի փոշի դարձուցանել ― dnel inčʻ i pʻoši, i pʻoši darjucʻanel ― to powder, to grind to dust, to reduce to powder, to pulverize

   լնուլ փոշւով ― lnul pʻošwov ― to cover or sprinkle with dust

   ի փոշի դառնալ ― i pʻoši daṙnal ― to be reduced to powder, to be pulverized; to crumble into dust, to moulder away

   փոշի յարուցանել ― pʻoši yarucʻanel ― to raise a dust

   ընդ փոշի թաւալիլ ― ənd pʻoši tʻawalil ― to roll in the dust

   թօթափել զփոշի ― tʻōtʻapʻel zpʻoši ― to dust, to beat the dust out of, to shake off the dust, to free from dust

   փոշի դէզադէզ ամբառնայր յամպս հասանէր ― pʻoši dēzadēz ambaṙnayr yamps hasanēr ― a thick cloud of dust rose up to the skies

   փոշի ամպաձեւ մրրկեալ դիզացեալ ծածկէ զերկին ― pʻoši ampajew mrrkeal dizacʻeal cackē zerkin ― a cloud of dust arose and obscured the heavens

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: փոշի (pʻoši)
• Cappadocian Greek: φος (fos)
• Georgian: ფოში (poši)
• Romani: posh, poshik

References

Further reading

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փոշի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փոշի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փոշի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press