მუსტაკი

Laz

Alternative forms

• მუსტაჭი (musťaç̌i)

Etymology

From Pontic Greek μουστάκι (moustáki), μουστάκ' (mousták'), μουστάκιν (moustákin).

Noun

მუსტაკი • (musťaǩi)

1. moustache

   Synonyms: ბუჲუღი (buyuği), ოშუმეში (oşumeşi)

Further reading

• Hervás, Lorenzo (1787) Vocabolario poligloto, con prolegomeni sopra più di CL lingue (in Italian), Cesena: Gregorio Biasini, § 72, page 67, spells as mustaki
• Marr, N. (1910) “მუსტაკი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 171a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მუსტაკი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi