քեռի

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian քեռի (kʿeṙi).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

քեռի (kʿeṙi)

  1. maternal uncle
  2. sir, mister (a polite way of addressing a middle-aged man)

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From քեռ (kʿeṙ, sister’s), genitive of քոյր (kʿoyr, sister), because the “uncle” is the person, whose sister is the speaker’s mother. Analogous derivations are Sanskrit स्वस्रीय (svasrīya, sister's son, nephew) and Latin sobrīnus (cousin).

Noun[edit]

քեռի (kʿeṙi)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: քեռի (kʿeṙi)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “քեռի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քեռի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979) “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 666–667
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 77–78