თოში

Georgian

Alternative forms

  • თოშა (toša)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *toš-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰoʃi/
  • Hyphenation: თო‧ში

Noun

თოში • (toši) (uncountable)

  1. slush, floe
  2. (Khevsureti, botany) leaves of Caucasian rhododendron (for dyeing)

Inflection

.Georgian.inflection-table tr:hover
{
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

Descendants

  • Armenian: թոշ (tʻoš), թորշ (tʻorš)
  • Laz: თოში (toşi)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թոշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 197a
  • Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “თოში”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
  • Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “თოში”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 251
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.