եթիմ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Via Ottoman Turkish یتیم (yetim) and Azerbaijani yetim from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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եթիմ (etʻim) (dialectal)

  1. orphan
    Synonym: որբ (orb)

Usage notes

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Among some speakers, this word has pejorative connotations and is used as an insult.

Declension

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Adjective

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եթիմ (etʻim) (dialectal)

  1. orphaned

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “յէթիմ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 248
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “եթիմ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “եթիմ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan