արա

See also: Արա and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Armenian

Etymology 1

Contraction of ա՛յ տղա (áy tġa). Alternatively, from earlier ա՛դա (áda), from Azerbaijani ədə.

Alternative forms

  • ատա (ata), ադա (ada)

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈɑɾɑ/, [ɑ́ɾɑ], /ɑˈɾɑ/, [ɑɾɑ́]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈɑɾɑ/, [ɑ́ɾɑ], /ɑˈɾɑ/, [ɑɾɑ́]
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Interjection

արա • (ara)

  1. a very informal way of addressing a familiar male person
    արա՛, ա՛յ համբալ ― ará, áy hambal ― hey you, moron!
Descendants
  • → Russian: ара (ara)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծօ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “արա”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 144b

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

արա • (ara)

  1. second-person singular imperative of անել (anel)
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