Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թուշ (tʻuš).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թուշ (tʻuš)

  1. (informal) cheek
    ոռի թուշoṙi tʻušbutt cheek, buttock

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The basic meaning is “swelling”, from Proto-Indo-European *tuHr-so-, from *tuHr- *turH- (to swell), whence also թուռ (tʻuṙ), and perhaps թոռ (tʻoṙ, lobe of the ear) and թուրծ (tʻurc). Cognate with Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós) and Czech tvář.

Noun edit

թուշ (tʻuš)

  1. cheek

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թուշ (tʻuš)

References edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 296