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արի

արի

Armenian

Adjective

արի (ari) (superlative ամենաարի)

  1. valiant, brave, manly
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian արի (ari); see it for more.

Noun

արի (ari)

  1. (historical) Iranian
  2. (historical) Aryan
  3. (dated) Indo-European
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From ար- (ar-, man) + (-i).

Adjective

արի (ari)

  1. valiant, valorous, courageous, manly, strong, bold, intrepid, brave
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *arya-. Compare անարի (anari).

Noun

արի (ari)

  1. Iranian, Aryan
Declension
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), արի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), արի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), արի”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), ”, 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