ոսի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վեսի (vesi) (Goris)
  • վօսի (vōsi) (dialectological notation)

Etymology

Margaryan identifies with հոսի (hosi). J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *oḱiyā, from the root *oḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈsi/ [vosí]

Noun

ոսի • (osi)

  1. (dialectal, Karabakh, Goris) a kind of thorny plant, which is eagerly eaten by animals when it is green and used as tinder when it is dry; its roots are used for making the shafts of spinning wheels

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913), “ոսի”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 855a
  • Margaryan, Alekʻsandr (1975), Gorisi barbaṙə [The dialect of Goris]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 476b: “վօսի, վէսի ― vōsi, vēsi”
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987), Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “ոսի”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 326a
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