vuš
Romani
Etymology
From Old Armenian վուշ (vuš, “flax”).
Noun
vuš (rare)
- flax
- (Hungary) hemp
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) , “վուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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, issue X, page 95
- Müller, Friedrich (1870) , “Armeniaca III”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 66, issue 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, Budapest: Terebess Kiadó, page 172a