შუკა
Georgian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Armenian շուկայ (šukay), from Classical Syriac ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’), from Akkadian 𒋻 (/sūqu/, “street”), from Akkadian 𒆸 (/sâqu/, “to become narrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃukʼɑ/
- Hyphenation: შუ‧კა
Noun
შუკა • (šuḳa) (plural შუკები)
Synonyms
- (street between fences): ორღობე (orɣobe)
Derived terms
- შუკა-შუკა (šuḳa-šuḳa)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շուկայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Mingrelian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Armenian շուկայ (šukay), from Classical Syriac ܫܘܩܐ (šūqā’), from Akkadian 𒋻 (/sūqu/, “street”), from Akkadian 𒆸 (/sâqu/, “to become narrow”).
Noun
შუკა • (šuka)
- lane, side street, alley
- square
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շուկայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Kipšidze, I. (1910), “შუკა”, in Grammatika mingrelʹskago (iverskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
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