Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian պայղուշ (payġuš), from Ottoman Turkish بایقوش (baykuš).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

բայղուշ (bayġuš)

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

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Adjective edit

բայղուշ (bayġuš) (superlative ամենաբայղուշ)

  1. ominous, ill-boding, sinister

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պայխուշ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages