მჷრშკ

Svan

Alternative forms

• მჷშკ (məšḳ)

Etymology

Most likely from some earlier form of Ossetian мӕлдзыг (mælʒyg).

Noun

მჷრშკ • (məršḳ) (plural მჷრშკა̈ლ)

1. ant

Further reading

• Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “მჷშკ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 231b
• Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “მჷრშკ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1327