որովհետև

Armenian

Alternative forms

• վորովհետեվ (vorovhetev) — reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940

Etymology

From Old Armenian որովհետեւ (orovhetew).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [voɾofheˈtev]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [voɾoveˈtev]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [voɾofheˈdev]
  • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): [voɾoveˈdev]
• Hyphenation: ո‧րով‧հե‧տեւ

Conjunction

որովհետև • (orovhetew)

1. because, since

   Synonym: (dialectal) զերե (zere)

Old Armenian

Etymology

որով (orov) +‎ հետ (het) +‎ -եւ (-ew)

Conjunction

որովհետև • (orovhetew)

1. because, since

Further reading

• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “որովհետև”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եւ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “որովհետև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy