ფაჩუჩი
Georgian
Etymology
Related to Armenian պաճուճ (pačuč) and together with it borrowed from Iranian: compare Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”). Doublet of ფაფუცი (papuci), ფაფუჭი (papuč̣i).
Noun
ფაჩუჩი • (pačuči)
- slipper
- child’s soft leather shoe
- (Kiziqi) poultry leg-tag
- (Tusheti) brush
Further reading
- Bartaia, Nomadi (2010) Kartulši šemosuli sṗarsuli leksiḳa ioseb grišašvilis "kalakuri leksiḳonis" mixedvit [Borrowings from Persian vocabulary according to the Ioseb Grishashvili’s "Kalakuri Dictionary" ("City Vocabulary")] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, pages 93–94, 220
- Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997) , “ფაჩუჩი”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo
- Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006) , “ფაჩუჩი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press