պէս

From Middle Iranian *pēs. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀‎ (paēsa, “ornament, embellishment”), Sanskrit पेश (péṡa, “ornament, decoration”) and Hawrami پاسە‎ (pāsa), پیْسە‎ (pɛsa, “such; thus, like this”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

պէս • (pēs)

1. as, like

   պէս գունակ ― pēs gunak ― as

   պէս զայս օրինակ ― pēs zays ōrinak ― thus, in this manner or way

պէս • (pēs)

1. almost, nearly

Very common as a suffix -պէս (-pēs), meaning “like”.

• Armenian: պես (pes)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “պէս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պէս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “պէս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press