შუშპარ
Svan
Alternative forms
- შუშპა̈რ (šušṗär), შუ̂იშპა̈რ (šûišṗär)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Georgian შუშპარი (šušṗari), ultimately from Old Armenian. See the Old Georgian entry for more.
Noun
შუშპარ • (šušṗar)
- a kind of dance
- შუშპარს იჩოხ ― šušṗars ičox ― they dance
Derived terms
- შუშპრა̈ჲ (šušṗräy, “dancer”)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “պար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 55–56
- Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001), “შუშპარ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 342b
- Gippert, Jost (1997), “Ein armenisch-kaukasischer Reigen”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (in German), volume 50, issue 1/3, pages 73–85
- Topuria, Varlam; Kaldani, Maksime (1994), “შუშპარ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1845