բացի

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բաց ի (bacʻ i, except, excepted, besides, save; without).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /bɑˈt͡sʰi/, [bɑt͡sʰí]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /pɑˈt͡si/, [pʰɑt͡sʰí]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: բա‧ցի

Preposition

բացի • (bacʻi)

  1. besides, except, apart from
    Ոչ ոք չգիտեր հարցի պատասխանը, բացի Վահագնից։Očʻ okʻ čʻgiter harcʻi patasxanə, bacʻi Vahagnicʻ.No one knew the answer apart from Vahagn.

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բանալ”, 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, pages 403–404