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)

  1. (dated) narrow street
  2. (dialectal, Imeretian, Gurian) narrow village street between fences

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)

  1. lane, side street, alley
  2. 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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