შამაია

შამაია

Georgian

Etymology

Ultimately from Persian شاه‌ماهی‎ (šâh-mâhi).

Noun

შამაია • (šamaia) (plural შამაიები)

1. Danube bleak

   Synonym: თრისა (trisa)

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: შამაია (šamaia)

References

• Čikobava, Arnold et al., editors (1950–1964), “შამაია”, in Kartuli enis ganmarṭebiti leksiḳoni [Explanatory Dictionary of the Georgian language] (in Georgian), Tbilisi
• 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 112–113
• Эристов, Раф. Дав. (1884) Краткий грузино-русско-латинский словарь, из трех естественных царств природы [Concise Georgian–Russian–Latin dictionary, from the three natural kingdoms]‎, Тифлис: тип. Канцелярии главноначальствующего гражд. частью на Кавказе, § 404, page 136
• Grišašvili, Ioseb (1997), “შამაია”, in Kalakuri leksiḳoni [Urban Dictionary], prepared by Rusudan Ḳusrašvili, Tbilisi: Samšoblo, page 247