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Armenian
Etymology
Nursery word, perhaps of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Ancient Greek ἀπφῦς (apphûs, “daddy”), ἄπφα (áppha, “endearing address between brothers and sisters, also beloved ones”), Tocharian B āppo (“father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ափի • (apʻi)
- (dialectal) father
- (dialectal) honouring address to old people
Declension
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “*apʿi, *apʿu”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 158