tash

See also: Tash

English

Noun

tash

  1. Alternative form of tass (“Oriental silk fabric”)

Noun

tash (plural tashes)

  1. Alternative form of tache (“mustache”)
    • 2011, Chris Martin, A Gentleman's Guide to Beard and Moustache Management:
      Gable wore his tash like it had been designed for him and the ladies loved it.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Cognate to Albanian tashti (“now”). A combination of t- +‎ ash (resp. t- +‎ ashi; t- +‎ ashti; t- +‎ esh).[1] Second element (-ash; -ashi; -ashti) of dubious origins.[2] According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *to-su (a locative form of the pronominal stem Proto-Albanian *to),[3] derived from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“it”), related to Lithuanian tadà (“then, thereupon”) and Sanskrit तदा (ta-dā́, “then”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taʃ]

Adverb

tash

  1. now, currently, at present, presently, just now, this moment, from now on; momentarily
    Synonyms: tashi, tashti, tesh, tani; menjëherë
    Jo tash.
    Not now.
    Tash ajo po thotë se...
    Now she's saying that...
  2. nowadays, today
    Synonym: sot
  3. (as a particle, interjection) so, well (to attract the attention of others); so, then, hence, thus (conclusion sense)
    Synonyms: atëherë, kështu, pra, prandaj, pas

Derived terms

  • qëtash (“right now, immediately, right/straight away”)
  • tashi (“now”), tashti (“id”), tesh (“id”)
  • ndashti (“at/in this moment”)
  • ashtu (“so; as it were”), kështu (“so, thus”)

Further reading

  • adverb tashti (tashtí) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • adverb tani (taní) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

  1. Meyer, G. (1891) “tash”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 19
  2. Eqrem Çabej (1975) Studime gjuhësore: Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes II, Rilindja (Albania), page 166
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tash”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 449

O'odham

Noun

tash

  1. Saxton/Saxton & Akimel O'odham spelling of taṣ
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