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# հարբուխ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* խարփուխ (xarpʻux) — dialectal
* հարբուղխ (harbuġx), խարբուղխ (xarbuġx) — hypercorrect, obsolete

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian խարբուխ (xarbux), of unknown origin. Folk-etymologically explained as հար (har) +‎ -բուխ (-bux) and therefore incorrectly spelled հարբուղխ, խարբուղխ (harbuġx, xarbuġx) in the past. Akin to the synonymous Georgian ხარბუხა (xarbuxa), ხარბუხი (xarbuxi), ხარბუხაჸი (xarbuxaʾi).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /hɑɾˈbuχ/, [hɑɾbúχ], /hɑɾˈpʰuχ/, [hɑɾpʰúχ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /hɑɾˈpuχ/, [hɑɾpʰúχ]

### Noun

հարբուխ • (harbux)
* runny nose, rhinorrhea
* common cold
    Synonym: մրսածություն (mrsacutʻyun)

#### Descendants

* → Georgian: ხარფუხი (xarpuxi)

### Further reading

* Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “հարբուղխ, խարբուղխ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Mnacʻordkʻ grabaṙ baṙicʻ haykazean lezui [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. The Remainder of Old Armenian Words]‎ (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 193a
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հարբուխ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 57b
* Asatryan, M. E. (1976) “Arewelahay grakan lezvi jayneġ paytʻakan baġajayneri artasanutʻyunə [On the pronunciation of voiced consonants in Standard Eastern Armenian]”, in Banber Erewani hamalsarani [“Banber” – Bulletin of Yerevan University] (in Armenian), volume 29, number 2, page 41 of 32–47
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “խարբուխ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 930b
* Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 310
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “հարբուխ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 451a, considers this an onomatopoeic formation
* Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 177
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “խարբուխ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 284
* Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “խըրըփօխ”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 283c
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “խարփուխ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 299b
# nalesnikis
## English
### Noun

nalesnikis
* plural of nalesniki
# nalesnyky
## English
### Etymology

From Ukrainian налесники (nalesnyky), plural of налесник (nalesnyk).

### Noun

nalesnyky (plural nalesnyky)
* Alternative form of nalysnyky.
** 1979 March 8, Bonnie Miller Rubin, “Eat at…”, in Minneapolis Tribune, volume CXII, number 247, Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, →OCLC, page 1C, column 4:The piroshky and nalesnyky — two standards in the Eastern European repertoire — were both noteworthy. […] The nalesnyky ($2) are Ukrainian crepes.
** 1983 May 13, “ethnic festival: Ukrainian”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 153, number 9, Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Free Press, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7C, column 5:The Ukrainian menu includes nalesnyky (crepes filled with minced mushrooms, meats and fresh fruits), chicken kiev, chicken with rice, city chicken, holubtsi (stuffed cabbage filled with seasoned meat and rice), pyrohy (potato dumplings smothered in sauteed onions and sour cream), varenyky (stuffed dumplings), veal cutlet and an assortment of pastries and tortes.
** 1983 October 27, D.L. Stewart, “Of words and foods and roots — and ties unbound”, in The Journal Herald, 176th year, number 257, Dayton, Oh., →OCLC, page 25, column 1:The names on the menu are at once warmly familiar and tongue-twistingly foreign. Words that surely I have seen before, but can not begin to pronounce. Nalesnyky. Piroshky. Varenyky. Kolachi. “I guess I’ll just have the combination plate,” I tell the lady behind the counter, faintly embarrassed at my inability to say the words. And as I sit at a table, not knowing my nalesnyky from my varenyky, I feel for the first time a vague sense at being cheated by roots that are so shallow.
# crepes suzette
## English
### Noun

crepes suzette
* plural of crepe suzette
# agregat alam
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Compound of agregat (“aggregate”) +‎ alam (“nature”).

### Noun

agregat alam (plural agregat-agregat alam)
* (engineering) natural aggregate: a granular material that is either naturally occurring or created by crushing bedrock.

### Further reading

* “agregat alam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
# reconnector
## English
### Etymology

From reconnect +‎ -or.

### Noun

reconnector (plural reconnectors)
* One who or that which reconnects.
# bột báng
## Vietnamese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓot̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːŋ˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓok̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːŋ˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓok̚˨˩˨ ʔɓaːŋ˦˥]

### Noun

bột báng
* a type of flour made from cassava, used in cooking to create texture for food
# Dub
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipping of Dubliner

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʌb/
* Rhymes: -ʌb

#### Noun

Dub (plural Dubs)
* (Ireland, colloquial) A Dubliner.
** 1993, Mary P. Corcoran, Irish Illegals: Transients Between Two Societies, page 138:There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.
** 1994, Patrick O'Dea, A Class of Our Own: Conversations About Class in Ireland, page 51:I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.
** 2018, Sally Rooney, “Three Months Later (March 2014)”, in Normal People:Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Dub
* (after a qualification) Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

#### References

* ↑ Oxford University Calendar Style Guide 2015, page 14.

### See also

* U of Dub

### Anagrams

* BDU, BUD, Bud, DBU, bud

## Czech
### Etymology

From dub (“oak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdup]
* Homophones: dup, dub

### Proper noun

Dub m anim (female equivalent Dubová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Dub”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dup]

### Proper noun

Dub m pers (female equivalent Dubová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Dub”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
# 包佔
## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 包 | 佔 |

### Verb

包佔
* chữ Hán form of bao chiếm (“to squat (on); to encroach (upon); to occupy (especially territory; for residence)”).

#### Related terms

* 佔據 (chiếm cứ) (“to occupy”)
* 佔𪧚 (chiếm giữ) (“to appropriate”)
# sähäkästi
## Finnish
### Etymology

sähäkkä +‎ -sti

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsæhækæstiˣ/, [ˈs̠æɦæˌk̟æs̠ti(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -æsti
* Hyphenation: sä‧hä‧käs‧ti

### Adverb

sähäkästi (comparative sähäkämmin, superlative sähäkimmin)
* lively, energetically, franticly
* jazzily, flashily

### Further reading

* “sähäkästi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
# giustidad
## Ladino
### Noun

giustidad f
* (Romania) Alternative spelling of djustidad
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 12:Tu sos envestido i envelupado de giustidad, a ti solo apartiene la sopirioridad Si no ai en nozotros ovras ⁴) boenas, acodrate de noestros padres i de sus santedad. Siempre los tengas en tu memoria i apiada a tu comunidadYou are dressed and enveloped with justice, only to you does superiority belong; were good deeds absent from us, remind yourself of our fathers and their holiness. You always have them in memory; rescue your people.
# santedad
## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* santidad

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sanctidat, from Latin sanctitātem.

### Noun

santedad f (Hebrew spelling סאנטידאד)
* holiness; sanctity
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 12:Tu sos envestido i envelupado de giustidad, a ti solo apartiene la sopirioridad Si no ai en nozotros ovras ⁴) boenas, acodrate de noestros padres i de sus santedad. Siempre los tengas en tu memoria i apiada a tu comunidadYou are dressed and enveloped with justice, only to you does superiority belong; were good deeds absent from us, remind yourself of our fathers and their holiness. You always have them in memory; rescue your people.

### References

* ↑ “santedad”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.
# סיג
## Hebrew

* Root
* ס־ו־ג (s-w-g)
* 6 terms

### Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic סִיָגָא / ܣܝܓܐ (səyāḡā, literally “fence”), as is Arabic سِيَاج (siyāj, “fence”).

### Noun

סְיָג • (sə'yág) m
* restriction, a protective condition, fence, safeguard
** Pirkei Avot 1:1
    משֶׁה קִבֵּל תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי, וּמְסָרָהּ לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לִזְקֵנִים, וּזְקֵנִים לִנְבִיאִים, וּנְבִיאִים מְסָרוּהָ לְאַנְשֵׁי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה. הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים, הֱווּ מְתוּנִים בַּדִּין, וְהַעֲמִידוּ תַלְמִידִים הַרְבֵּה, וַעֲשׂוּ סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה:Moshe received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Yehoshua, and Yehoshua to the Elders, and the Elders to the Prophets, and the Prophets transmitted it to the Men of the Great Assembly. They said three things: Be deliberate in judgment, raise up many disciples and make a fence for the Torah.
** Pirkei Avot 13:3
    רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, שְׂחוֹק וְקַלּוּת רֹאשׁ, מַרְגִּילִין לְעֶרְוָה. מָסֹרֶת, סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה. מַעַשְׂרוֹת, סְיָג לָעשֶׁר. נְדָרִים, סְיָג לַפְּרִישׁוּת. סְיָג; לַחָכְמָה, שְׁתִיקָהRabbi Akiva says: Joking and lightheartedness acclimate toward promiscuity. Tradition is a safeguarding fence around Torah. Tithes are a safeguarding fence around wealth. Vows are a safeguarding fence around abstinence. A safeguarding fence around wisdom is silence.

### References

* “סיג” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
# aka'
## Hanunoo
### Noun

aka' (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜣ)
* Alternative spelling of aka
# to-infinitive
## English
### Noun

to-infinitive (plural to-infinitives)
* (grammar) The English infinitive verb form when introduced by the particle to.
** 2005, Bettelou Los, “Introduction”, in The Rise of the To-Infinitive (Oxford Linguistics), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4:As it turned out, much previous work on the subject is based on two assumptions about the situation of the to-infinitive in OE that have never been tested, but have, through constant reiteration, achieved the status of axioms: first, that the categorial status of the to-infinitive in OE is PP; and secondly, that the to-infinitive spread at the expense of the infinitive without to, the bare infinitive (see below, §§1.2 and 1.3).

#### Synonyms

* full infinitive, marked infinitive

#### Coordinate terms

* bare infinitive

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Infinitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Uses of English verb forms § To-infinitive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# buluci
## Romanian
### Etymology

From buluc +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bu.luˈt͡ʃi/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: bu‧lu‧ci

### Verb

a buluci (third-person singular present bulucește, past participle bulucit) 4th conjugation
* (reflexive, rarely intransitive, now informal) to crowd, to crowd together
    Synonyms: se concentra, se grămădi, se îmbulzi, se îndesa, se înghesui, se îngrămădi
* (transitive, now uncommon) to cram, to crowd
    Synonyms: îmbulzi, înghesui
* (reflexive, obsolete, military) to gather, come together

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* buluci in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
# टेरना
## Hindi
### Etymology

Derived from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀝𑁂𑀭 (*ṭera).

### Verb

टेरना • (ṭernā)
* to call out, shout
# abantiis
## Latin
### Adjective

abantiīs
* dative/ablative/locative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of abantius
# اتصفح
## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic تَصَفَّحَ (taṣaffaḥa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /at.sˤaf.faħ/

### Verb

اتصفّح • (atṣaffaḥ) V (non-past يِتصَفَّح (yitṣaffaḥ))
* to browse
    كنت أتصفّح الإنترنت ― kunt atṣaffaḥ al-ʔintarnat ― I was browsing the internet.
# несушка
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nʲɪˈsuʂkə]

### Noun

несу́шка • (nesúška) f anim (genitive несу́шки, nominative plural несу́шки, genitive plural несу́шек)
* laying hen, layer (hen kept to lay eggs)
# beretat
## Albanian
### Noun

beretat
* definite nominative/accusative plural of beretë
# zworki
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈzvɔr.ki/
* Rhymes: -ɔrki
* Syllabification: zwor‧ki

### Noun

zworki
* inflection of zworka:
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural
** genitive singular
# snicker
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˈsnɪkɚ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.

#### Alternative forms

* snigger

#### Noun

snicker (plural snickers)
* A stifled or broken laugh.

##### Derived terms

* snicker licker

##### Translations
#### Verb

snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)
* (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
** 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 13:I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
* (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
* (of a horse) To whinny.

##### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:laugh

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From snick +‎ -er.

#### Noun

snicker (plural snickers)
* (cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.

### See also

* snicker-snack

### Anagrams

* Kincers, Renicks, Resnick, nickers
# maskary
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /masˈka.rɘ/
* Rhymes: -arɘ
* Syllabification: mas‧ka‧ry

### Noun

maskary
* inflection of maskara:
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural
** genitive singular
# far-off
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

far-off (comparative more far-off, superlative most far-off)
* Remote, either in time or space.
** 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 209:Perhaps on some quiet night the tremor of far-off drums, sinking, swelling, a tremor vast, faint; a sound weird, appealing, suggestive, and wild - and perhaps with as respectable a meaning as the sound of bells in a Christian country.

#### Synonyms

* (remote in space): distant, far; see also Thesaurus:distant

#### Derived terms

* Faroffistan
# nosnice
## Czech
### Etymology

From nosit +‎ -nice.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnosɲɪt͡sɛ]

### Noun

nosnice f
* laying hen

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “nosnice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nosnice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “nosnice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
# jellemvonás
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From jellem (“character”) +‎ vonás (“trait”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɛlːɛɱvonaːʃ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jel‧lem‧vo‧nás

### Noun

jellemvonás (plural jellemvonások)
* character trait (a distinguishing feature of a person)

#### Derived terms

* jellemvonási
* jellemvonású

### Further reading

* jellemvonás in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
# nosiť
## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nositi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɔsic]

### Verb

nosiť impf
* to carry

#### Usage notes

* Nosiť is in the class of Slovak abstract verbs. Its counterpart, niesť is a concrete verb.

#### Derived terms

* nosnica

### Further reading

* “nosiť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
# trait de caractère
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁɛ d(ə) ka.ʁak.tɛʁ/

### Noun

trait de caractère m (plural traits de caractère)
* character trait, personality trait
# submissive
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /səbˈmɪsɪv/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

submissive (comparative more submissive, superlative most submissive)
* Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
** 1756, Edmund Burke, The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, G. Bell & sons, page 314:The powerful managers for government were not sufficiently submissive to the pleasure of the possessors of immediate and personal favour, sometimes from a confidence in their own strength natural and acquired; sometimes from a fear of offending their friends, and weakening that lead in the country, which gave them a consideration independent of the court.
** 1913, Edward Lee Thorndike, Educational Psychology, Teachers college, Columbia university, page 92:
    If the human being who answers these tendencies assumes a submissive behavior, in essence a lowering of head and shoulders, wavering glance, absence of all preparations for attack, general weakening of muscle tonus, and hesitancy in movement, the movements of attempt at mastery become modified into attempts at the more obvious swagger, strut and glare of triumph.
** 2007, Brian Watermeyer, Disability and Social Change: A South African Agenda, HSRC Press, page 269:Once oppression has been internalised, little force is needed to keep us submissive.

#### Synonyms

* biddable
* docile
* meek
* slavish
* timid
* obedient
* subservient

#### Antonyms

* dominant, domineering (ruling)
* defiant, rebellious (ignoring)

#### Derived terms

* submissively (adverb)
* submissiveness (noun)

#### Related terms

* submit

#### Translations
### Noun

submissive (plural submissives)
* (BDSM) One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.
    Synonym: sub
    Antonyms: dominant; dominatrix, dominator, dom
* (rare) One who submits.
** 1961, William Compton Brown, The Indian side of the story:These "submissives" continued to go along as near as possible following the old routine of their lives and did no overt act to annoy any of the parties of whites that persisted in traveling through their country.

#### Translations
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

submissive
* inflection of submissiv:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
# phylarchical
## English
### Adjective

phylarchical (comparative more phylarchical, superlative most phylarchical)
* Relating to phylarchy.
# physiotherapeutic
## English
### Alternative forms

* physio-therapeutic, physiotherapeutical

### Etymology

From physio- +‎ therapeutic.

### Adjective

physiotherapeutic (comparative more physiotherapeutic, superlative most physiotherapeutic)
* Of or relating to physiotherapy.

#### Related terms

* physiotherapy
* physiotherapist

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “physiotherapeutic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
# piassava
## English
### Alternative forms

* piacaba, piasaba, piassaba, piasava, pissaba (rare)

### Etymology

From Portuguese piaçaba, from Tupian.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑːvə

### Noun

piassava (countable and uncountable, plural piassavas)
* A fibrous product of two Brazilian palm trees (Attalea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba), formerly used in making brooms and for other purposes.
** 1893, United States Congressional serial set, page 150:Common brushes and brooms made of bristles, rice straw, piassava, and other animal or vegetable stuffs; also mounted with wood or iron, not colored, without polish or varnish:
** 1909, Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics, page 678:In Santa Cruz, for instance, where laborers are scarce and the means of communication bad, the gatherers of piassava are paid at the rate of from 2 to 3 milreis (the milreis is equivalent to about 30 cents) per arroba; [...]. The British syndicate above referred to uses [...] steel cleaves for cutting the piassava into uniform strips;
** 1914, Daily Consular and Trade Reports, page 972:Piassava Industry. At a recent meeting of the West African section of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from the colonial secretary of Gambia inclosing the following report on the development of the piassava industry ...
** 1951, Foreign Commerce Weekly:The revised export-tariff schedule provides for Increased duties on palm kernels, palm oil, ginger, groundnuts, and piassava, and coffee, cocoa, benneseed, and kola nuts were made subject to export duties for the first time.
* Either of these two trees.

#### Derived terms

* Bahia piassava palm (Attalea funifera)
* Para piassava (Leopoldinia piassaba)
* piassava palm (Leopoldinia piassaba)
* piassava fiber palm (Leopoldinia piassaba)

### References

* “piassava”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
# Սուրբ Ծնունդ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /suɾpʰ t͡səˈnund/, [suɾpʰ t͡sənúnd]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /suɾp d͡zəˈnunt/, [suɾpʰ d͡zənúntʰ]

### Proper noun

Սուրբ Ծնունդ • (Surb Cnund)
* Christmas
    Շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի և Սուրբ Ծնունդ ― Šnorhavor Nor Tari ew Surb Cnund ― Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

#### Usage notes

Armenians celebrate Christmas on January 6th.