Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian շուշայ (šušay), ultimately from Persian شیشه (šiše). Doublet of շիշ (šiš).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շուշա (šuša) (dialectal)

  1. glass
    Synonym: ապակի (apaki)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 45:[1]
      շուշայ․ վէռօ
      šušay; vēṙō
      շուշայ (šušay) = vero
  2. glass bottle
    Synonym: շիշ (šiš)

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References edit

  1. ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 236

Further reading edit

  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “շուշա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan