բեղ

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Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian բեղ (beġ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: ընչացք (ənčʿacʿkʿ)

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Middle Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: բեղ (beġ)

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • 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