որևէ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- որ և է (or ew ē) — dated
- վորեվե (voreve) — 1922–1940 reformed orthography
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian որ և է (or ew ē, “whoever, whatever”).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈvoɾeve/, [vóɾeve]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈvoɾeve/, [vóɾeve]
- Hyphenation: ո‧րե‧վէ
- Note the stress on the first syllable.
Pronoun
որևէ • (orewē)
- any
- Synonym: (Western Armenian) ոևէ (oewē)
Synonyms
- որևիցե (orewicʻe)
References
- Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “որևէ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 745b
- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48