მაშია
Georgian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Together with Armenian մաշիկ (mašik) ultimately from Arabic مَشَّايَة (maššāya, “footwear”).
Noun
[edit]მაშია • (mašia)
Derived terms
[edit]- მემაშიე (memašie)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաշիք”, 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 260a
- Čubinov, David (1887) “მაშია”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary][1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 682, marking the word as Arabic, but not identifying the Arabic etymon
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “მაშია”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary[2], London: Garnett Press