բեղ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian բեղ (beġ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: ընչացք (ənčʻacʻkʻ)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Turkic borrowing: compare Chagatai بیغ (bïɣ), Azerbaijani bığ, Turkish bıyık, dialectal bığ.[1] All ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïdïk.

Noun

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բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache

Descendants

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  • Armenian: բեղ (beġ)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 438b

Further reading

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  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “բեխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 116a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “պէխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 652b