բայղուշ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بایقوش (baykuš) (Turkish baykuş).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɑjˈʁuʃ]
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Noun

բայղուշ (bayłuš)

  1. (dialectal) owl
    Synonym: բու (bu)
  2. (dialectal) foreteller of misfortune
    Synonym: չարագուշակ (čʿaragušak)

Declension

Adjective

բայղուշ (bayłuš) (superlative ամենաբայղուշ)

  1. ominous, ill-boding, sinister

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), պայխուշ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The Influence of Turkish on Armenian and Words Borrowed from Turkish in the Popular Armenian Language of Constantinople in Comparison with the Dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow, Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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