მაშია

Georgian

Etymology

Together with Armenian մաշիկ (mašik) ultimately from Arabic مَشَّايَة (maššāya, “footwear”).

Noun

მაშია • (mašia)

1. woman's heeled summer shoe
2. (archaic) slipper

Derived terms

• მემაშიე (memašie)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաշիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 260a
• Čubinov, David (1887) “მაშია”, in Грузинско-русский словарь [Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, column 682, marking the word as Arabic, but not identifying the Arabic etymon
• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “მაშია”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: Garnett Press