փեշ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

փեշ (pʿeš)

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

Declension

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), փէշ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žołovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Łarabałi 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 žołovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 349
  2. Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1945), փէշ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 497b
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