vuš
Romani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian վուշ (vuš, “flax”).
Noun
[edit]vuš (rare)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348a
- Boretzky, Norbert (2012) Studien zum Wortschatz des Romani (in German), Faber, page 226
- Miklosich, Franz (1877) Über die Mundarten und die Wanderungen der Zigeuner Europa's, number X, page 95
- Müller, Friedrich (1870) “Armeniaca III”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 66, number 2, page 278
- Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “pus, bus”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 450, deriving from Sanskrit बुस (busa, “chaff”)
- Vekerdi, József (2000) “vuš”, in Dictionary of Gypsy Dialects in Hungary[1], Budapest: Terebess Kiadó, page 172a