შუკა

Georgian

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Definitions

(dated) narrow street
(dialectal) narrow village street between fences

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian շուկայ derived from Classical Syriac ܫܘܩܐ derived from Akkadian 𒋻 (street, cut off), 𒆸 (become narrow, be narrow, or constricted, skinny).

Origin

Akkadian

𒆸

Gloss

become narrow, be narrow, or constricted, skinny

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

շուկա Armenian
շուկայ Old Armenian
שׁוּקָא Aramaic
שוקא Aramaic
ܫܘܩܐ Classical Syriac
𒆸 Akkadian
𒊓𒆸 Akkadian
𒋻 Akkadian
შუკა Mingrelian