մահանա

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Armenian մահանայ (mahanay), from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian بهانه (behâne).

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Noun[edit]

մահանա (mahana) (traditional orthography spelling մահանայ)

  1. (dialectal) excuse, pretext

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References[edit]

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “մահանայ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press