garša

Etymology
From an old verb ( > “to steam”; cf. ), from the same stem as  and  (q.v.), with an extra suffix -tya:  >.

The original meaning was probably “steaming, steam,” from which “sharp, pungent smell, (smoke) stink” (a meaning still attested in the 1870's) > “sharp, hot taste” > “taste (in general).” Only by the end of the 19th century was this word's meaning restricted to “taste” alone. (A minority opinion suggests that is actually derived from, with an unexpected š instead of the regular ž (< *d) because of the influence of the variant  of .)

Noun

 * 1)  taste the capacity to perceive flavors
 * 2) taste, flavor the sensation created by certain substances in the mouth: salty, bitter, sweet, acid
 * 3)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1) taste, flavor the sensation created by certain substances in the mouth: salty, bitter, sweet, acid
 * 2)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better
 * 1)  taste aesthetic and cultural discernment, the sense of what is aesthetically or culturally better