შუშპარი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Georgian შუშპარი (šušṗari), from Old Armenian.

Noun

შუშპარი • (šušṗari) (plural შუშპრები)

1. (obsolete) dance

Derived terms

• შუშპრობა (šušṗroba, “to dance”)
• შუშპარა (šušṗara, “restless, playful, frisky”)

Descendants

• → Armenian: շուշպար (šušpar, “buffoonery”) (Tbilisi)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შუშპარი”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Academy Press
• Čubinov, David (1840) “შუშპარი”, in Грузинско-русско-французский словарь [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 590a
• Čubinov, David (1887) “შუშპარი”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 1530

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian *շուրջպար (*šurǰpar, “circle dance”), whence Modern Armenian շուրջպար (šurǰpar). See the latter for more.

Noun

შუშპარი • (šušṗari)

1. circle dance

Derived terms

• შუშპრობა (šušṗroba)
• შუშპრობაჲ (šušṗrobay)

Descendants

• Georgian: შუშპარი (šušṗari)
  • → Armenian: շուշպար (šušpar, “buffoonery”) (Tbilisi)
• → Svan: შუშპარ (šušṗar)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “შუშპარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[2] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 509b
• Gippert, Jost (1997) “Ein armenisch-kaukasischer Reigen”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[3] (in German), volume 50, number 1/3, pages 73–85
• Muradyan, Paruyr (2004) ““Vasn awurn kirakēi” čaṙi hayeren ew vracʻeren tʻargmanutʻyunneri aṙnčʻakcʻutʻyan xndirə [The issue of interconnection of the Armenian and Georgian translations of the homily On Sunday]”, in Etchmiadzin‎^[4] (in Armenian), volume 60, number 6, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 120–122
• Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “შუშპარი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1435a, incorrectly glossing as Tänzer