შუშა

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Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃuʃa/
  • Hyphenation: შუ‧შა

Etymology 1

From Persian شیشه (šiše).

Noun

შუშა (šuša) (plural შუშები)

  1. glass
    Synonym: მინა (mina)
Inflection
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Descendants
  • Bats: შუშ (šuš)

Further reading

  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შუშა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press

Etymology 2

From Old Georgian, attested as და-შუშ-ებ-ა (da-šuš-eb-a, to spoil, pamper), ultimately from Proto-Georgian-Zan *šuš-. Cognate with Mingrelian შქიშქილა (škiškila, young, tender).

Adjective

შუშა (šuša) (comparative უფრო შუშა, superlative ყველაზე შუშა)

  1. slender (woman's fingers, cucumber, etc.)
  2. (dialectal, Imereti) young, tender
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 311
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 536

Further reading

  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “შუშა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎ (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 253b
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შუშა”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press