Telšiai

• IPA^(key): /tɛlˈʃeɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Telšiai

1. The capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania.
   1. A county of Lithuania.

A variant of a Lithuanian-language root, -telš- or -tilž-, related to water. Compare with Tilžė (“Sovetsk, a town in Kaliningrad, Russia”) and Talsai (“Talsi, a city in Latvia”). Related to Samogitian telkšoti (“to be flooded with water, to splash”) and Samogitian Telšē.

• IPA^(key): [tʲɛlʲˈɕɛɪ̯ˑ]

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Telšiai̇̃ m pl (demonym telši̇̀škis or telšiẽtis, female demonym telši̇̀škė or telšiẽtė) stress pattern 3

1. Telšiai (the capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania)
   1. Telšiai (a county of Lithuania)

      Telšių apskritis

      Telšiai County

   2. Telšiai (a district municipality of Telšiai County, Lithuania)

      Telšių rajono savivaldybė

      Telšiai District Municipality

• → English: Telšiai
• → Russian: Тельшяй (Telʹšjaj), Тяльшяй (Tjalʹšjaj)

• “Telšiai”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Telšiai” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]