Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian բեղ (beġ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: ընչացք (ənčʻacʻkʻ)

Declension edit

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Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

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, Hračʻeay (1971) “բեղ”, 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, 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