բացի

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [bɑˈt͡sʰi]

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• Hyphenation: բա‧ցի

Preposition

բացի • (bacʿi)

1. besides, except, apart from

   Ոչ ոք չգիտեր հարցի պատասխանը, բացի Վահագնից։ ― Očʿ okʿ čʿgiter harcʿi patasxanə, bacʿi Vahagnicʿ. ― No one knew the answer apart from Vahagn.

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բանալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404