ბეთი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بد (bed), derived from Persian بد (bad).

Adjective

ბეთი • (beti) (Latin spelling beti) (Akçakoca)

  1. ugly
    იჲა კულანის ოკო ბეთი ნუნკუ უღუნ ქი ვარმაწკომილენ.
    iya ǩulanis oǩo beti nunǩu uğun ki varmaǯǩomilen.
    That girl has such an ugly face I can't look at her.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “beti”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ბეთი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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