փեշ

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian փէշ (pʻēš), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پش (peş), from Persian پیش (peš).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

փեշ (pʻeš)

  1. lap, hem, skirt (of clothing)
    Synonym: քղանցք (kʻġancʻkʻ)
  2. (figuratively) foot of a mountain
  3. (figuratively) outskirt

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “փէշ”, 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, page 349
  2. ^ Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1945) “փէշ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 497b