բայղուշ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian պայղուշ (payġuš), from Ottoman Turkish بایقوش (baykuš).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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բայղուշ (bayġuš)

  1. (dialectal) owl
    Synonym: բու (bu)
  2. (dialectal) foreteller of misfortune
    Synonym: չարագուշակ (čʻaragušak)

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Adjective

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բայղուշ (bayġuš) (superlative ամենաբայղուշ)

  1. ominous, ill-boding, sinister

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “պայխուշ”, 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