poshík

Romani

Etymology

From Old Armenian փոշի (pʻoši). Doublet of posh.

Noun

poshík f

1. earth

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փոշի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “poshík”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 443