Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բաց ի (bacʻ i, except, excepted, besides, save; without).

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

բացի (bacʻi)

  1. besides, except, apart from
    Ոչ ոք չգիտեր հարցի պատասխանը, բացի Վահագնից։Očʻ okʻ čʻgiter harcʻi patasxanə, bacʻi Vahagnicʻ.No one knew the answer apart from Vahagn.

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, 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, pages 403–404