შუშპარ

Svan

Alternative forms
  • შუშპა̈რ (šušṗär), შუ̂იშპა̈რ (šûišṗär)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Georgian შუშპარი (šušṗari), ultimately from Old Armenian. See the Old Georgian entry for more.

Noun

შუშპარ • (šušṗar)

  1. a kind of dance
    შუშპარს იჩოხ ― šušṗars ičox ― they dance

Derived terms
  • შუშპრა̈ჲ (šušṗräy, “dancer”)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պար”, 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, pages 55–56
  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “შუშპარ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 342b
  • Gippert, Jost (1997) “Ein armenisch-kaukasischer Reigen”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎ (in German), volume 50, number 1/3, pages 73–85
  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “შუშპარ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 1845
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