ոսի
Armenian
Alternative forms
- վեսի (vesi) – Goris
- վօսի (vōsi) – dialectological notation
Etymology
Margaryan identifies with հոսի (hosi). J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *oḱiyā, from the root *oḱ- (“sharp”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɔˈsi]
Noun
ոսի • (osi)
- (dialectal, Karabakh, Goris) a kind of thorny plant, which is eagerly eaten by animals when it is green and used as tinder when it is dry; its roots are used for making the shafts of spinning wheels
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “ոսի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 855a
- Margaryan, Alekʿsandr (1975) Gorisi barbaṙə [The Dialect of Goris] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 476b
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “ոսի”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 326a