See also: شوى, سوي, سوى, and س و ي

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the same root as شوهر (šowhar, husband); cognate to Khotanese kṣundaa- (husband), etc.[1]

Noun edit

شوی (šuy)

  1. husband

Etymology 2 edit

Akin to Old Armenian շապիկ (šapik), an Iranian borrowing; see there for more.

Noun edit

شوی (šavi)

  1. shirt, shift

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

شوی (ševi)

  1. anise
  2. small vestibule

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

شوی (šovi)

  1. starch, paste, size

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

شوی (šuy)

  1. present stem form of شستن (šostan, to wash)

References edit

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 85