արա
See also: Արա and Appendix:Variations of "ara"
Armenian
Alternative forms
- ատա (ata), ադա (ada)
Etymology
Shortening of ա՛յ տղա (áy tła). Alternatively, from earlier ա՛դա (áda), from Azerbaijani ədə.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ˈɑɾɑ], [ɑˈɾɑ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ˈɑɾɑ], [ɑˈɾɑ]
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Interjection
արա • (ara)
- a very informal way of addressing a familiar male person
- արա՛, ա՛յ համբալ ― ará, áy hambal ― hey you, moron!
Descendants
- Russian: ара (ara)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծօ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “արա”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 144b