լաո
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Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- լաօ (laō) — traditional orthography
- լավո (lavo) — Mush, Van
Etymology[edit]
From Northern Kurdish lawo, the vocative of law (“son, boy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /laˈo/ [lɑˈo] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /laˈo/ [lɑˈo] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Interjection[edit]
լաո • (lao) (dialectal, Nor Bayazet, Shirak, Sasun, Van)
- used to address or call one's child (especially male)
References[edit]
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լաօ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 189
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լաո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 202