Bats edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn, nest).[1]

Noun edit

ბე (ben)[2]

  1. nest
  2. den, lair

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյն”, 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 469a
  2. ^ Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “ბე”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎[1], prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press