შუქი

Georgian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շուք (šukʿ, “splendour, brilliancy, lustre”).

Noun

შუქი • (šuki) (plural შუქები)

  1. ray
  2. light, electricity
  3. beauty, elegance
  • შუგა (šuga)
  • მზის შუქი (mzis šuki)
  • შუქიანი (šukiani)
  • ნაშუქი (našuki)
  • ნაშუქარი (našukari)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “շուք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Čubinov, David (1840), “შუქი”, in Gruzinsko-russko-francuzskij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 589
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