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ნოსი

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pontic Greek γνώση (gnósi, knowledge; reason, mind, intelligence).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔsi/
  • Hyphenation: ნო‧სი

Noun

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ნოსი (nosi) (Latin spelling nosi)

  1. mind, wisdom, intelligence, reason, brain
    ნოსი შუკა ვარენ ქი მეგიტახა კაჲბანა (proverb)
    nosi şuǩa varen ki megiťaxa ǩaybana (proverb)
    Wisdom is not (like) a cucumber for me to break a piece off and give you some(Wisdom is not easily acquired or passed on)

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Further reading

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  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ğnosi”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 364b
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “nosi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნოსი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi