Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish بیز (biz) and Azerbaijani biz.

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Noun edit

բիզ (biz)

  1. awl
    Synonym: հերյուն (heryun)

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Adjective edit

բիզ (biz) (superlative ամենաբիզ)

  1. pointed, sharp

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Further reading edit

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “բիզ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պիզ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages