vuš

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Romani

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian վուշ (vuš, flax).

Noun

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vuš (rare)

  1. flax
  2. (Hungary) hemp

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վուշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 348a
  • Boretzky, Norbert (2012) Studien zum Wortschatz des Romani (in German), Faber, page 226
  • Miklosich, Franz (1877) Über die Mundarten und die Wanderungen der Zigeuner Europa's, number X, page 95
  • Müller, Friedrich (1870) “Armeniaca III”, in Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 66, number 2, page 278
  • Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “pus, bus”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 450, deriving from Sanskrit बुस (busa, chaff)
  • Vekerdi, József (2000) “vuš”, in Dictionary of Gypsy Dialects in Hungary[1], Budapest: Terebess Kiadó, page 172a