բեղ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian բեղ (beġ).

Pronunciation

Noun

բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache
    Synonym: ընչացք (ənčʻacʻkʻ)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բեղ (beġ) բեղեր (beġer)
dative բեղի (beġi) բեղերի (beġeri)
ablative բեղից (beġicʻ) բեղերից (beġericʻ)
instrumental բեղով (beġov) բեղերով (beġerov)
locative բեղում (beġum) բեղերում (beġerum)
definite forms
nominative բեղը/բեղն (beġə/beġn) բեղերը/բեղերն (beġerə/beġern)
dative բեղին (beġin) բեղերին (beġerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բեղս (beġs) բեղերս (beġers)
dative բեղիս (beġis) բեղերիս (beġeris)
ablative բեղիցս (beġicʻs) բեղերիցս (beġericʻs)
instrumental բեղովս (beġovs) բեղերովս (beġerovs)
locative բեղումս (beġums) բեղերումս (beġerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բեղդ (beġd) բեղերդ (beġerd)
dative բեղիդ (beġid) բեղերիդ (beġerid)
ablative բեղիցդ (beġicʻd) բեղերիցդ (beġericʻd)
instrumental բեղովդ (beġovd) բեղերովդ (beġerovd)
locative բեղումդ (beġumd) բեղերումդ (beġerumd)

Derived terms

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Chagatai بیغ (bïɣ), Azerbaijani bığ, Turkish bıyık, dialectal bığ.[1] All ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïdïk.

Noun

բեղ (beġ)

  1. moustache

Descendants

  • Armenian: բեղ (beġ)

References

  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

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “բեխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 116a
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “պէխ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 652b