шалаш

See also: Appendix:Variations of "salas"

Russian

Etymology

From a Turkic source, ultimately from Hungarian szállás.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂɐˈɫaʂ]

Noun

шала́ш • (šalášm inan (genitive шалаша́, nominative plural шалаши́, genitive plural шалаше́й, relational adjective шала́шный, diminutive шала́шик)

  1. a simple wooden hut, hovel
    рыбачий шалашrybačij šalaša fishing hut
  2. (prison slang) the bottom bunk of a bunk bed, with a blanket hanging down from the top bunk as a curtain

Declension

Derived terms

Compounds:

  • рай в шалаше́ m (raj v šalašé)
Proverbs
  • с ми́лым рай и в шалаше́ (s mílym raj i v šalašé)

References

  1. ^ Zaicz Gábor: Etimológiai szótár, 2006
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шалаш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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