բեղ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɛʁ]
  • (file)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian բեղ (beł).

Noun

բեղ (beł)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: ընչացք (ənčʿacʿkʿ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • բեղավոր (bełavor)
  • անբեղ (anbeł)
  • բեղատեղ (bełateł)
  • բեղիկ (bełik)

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • բեխ (bex)
  • պէխ (pēx)
  • պեխ (pex)

Etymology

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

Noun

բեղ (beł)

  1. moustache

Descendants

References

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

Further reading

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