բացի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բաց ի (bacʻ i, “except, excepted, besides, save; without”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /bɑˈt͡sʰi/, [bɑt͡sʰí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑˈt͡si/, [pʰɑt͡sʰí]

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• Hyphenation: բա‧ցի

Preposition

բացի • (bacʻi)

1. besides, except, apart from

   Ոչ ոք չգիտեր հարցի պատասխանը, բացի Վահագնից։ ― Očʻ okʻ čʻgiter harcʻi patasxanə, bacʻi Vahagnicʻ. ― No one knew the answer apart from Vahagn.

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, 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, pages 403–404