ბენ

Bats

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn, “nest”).[1]

Noun

ბენ (ben)[2]

  1. nest
  2. den, lair

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյն”, 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 469a
  2. Kadagiʒe, Davit, Kadagiʒe, Niḳo (1984) “ბენ”, in Arn. Čikobava, editor, C̣ova-tušur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni / Цова-тушинско–грузинско–русский словарь [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary]‎, prepared for publication by Rusudan Gagua, Tbilisi: Academy Press
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