ավելի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian աւելի (aweli).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑveˈli/, [ɑvelí]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ɑveˈli/, [ɑvelí]
  • Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

Adverb

ավելի • (aveli)

  1. more, beyond
    ավելի ու ավելի ― aveli u aveli ― more and more
  2. Forming the comparative form of adjectives
    ավելի մեծ ― aveli mec ― bigger

Further reading

  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 31-32
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