ბენ
Bats
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Armenian բոյն (boyn, “nest”).[1]
Noun
ბენ (bẽ)[2]
- nest
- den, lair
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 469a
- Kadagidze, David; Kadagidze, Niko (1984), “ბენ”, in Čikobava, Arn., editor, Cova-tušinsko–gruzinsko–russkij slovarʹ [A Tsova-Tush–Georgian–Russian Dictionary], prepared for publication by Gagua R. R., Tbilisi: Metsniereba