უსტაბაში

Georgian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish [Term?], whence Turkish usta başı, where usta means "foreman", and baş "head". Doublet of ოსტატი (osṭaṭi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ustʼabaʃi/
  • Hyphenation: უს‧ტა‧ბა‧ში

Noun

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უსტაბაში (usṭabaši) (plural უსტაბაშები)

  1. (dated, humorous) foreman, head of handicraftsman, senior master

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Bats: უსტაბაშ (usṭabaš)

References

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