որպեսզի

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • որպես զի (orpes zi) — dated

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian որպէս զի (orpēs zi, “in order that, that, to the end that, so that; because, for”).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /voɾˈpeszi/, [voɾpészi]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /voɾˈbesi/, [voɾbési]
  • Hyphenation: որ‧պես‧զի
  • Note the stress on the second syllable.

Conjunction

որպեսզի • (orpeszi) (traditional orthography spelling որպէսզի)

  1. (formal) in order to
    Synonyms: որ (or), թե (tʻe)

Usage notes

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “որպեսզի”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 750a
  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48
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