ეშმაკი

Georgian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Georgian ეშმაკი (ešmaḳi), ჰეშმაკი (hešmaḳi), a Middle Iranian borrowing, ultimately from the name of the Zoroastrian demon of wrath, Aēšma. See Persian خشم (xašm) for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eʃmakʼi/
  • Hyphenation: ეშ‧მა‧კი

Noun

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ეშმაკი (ešmaḳi) (plural ეშმაკები)

  1. devil
  2. (figuratively) quick-witted person

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հեշմակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 80ab
  • Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1946) “Iranuli c̣armošobis zogi kartuli siṭq̇vis eṭimologiisatvis [On the etymology of some Georgian words of Iranian origin]”, in Iberiul-ḳavḳasiuri enatmecniereba [Ibero-Caucasica]‎[1] (in Georgian), volume 1, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 387 of 385–391
  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎[2] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 65, footnote 3