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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian որովհետև (orovhetew).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
որովհետև • (orovhetew)
- because, since
- Synonyms: քանի որ (kʻani or), քանզի (kʻanzi) (archaic, literary), զերե (zere) (dialectal)
Old Armenian
Etymology
որով (orov) + հետ (het) + -և (-ew)
Conjunction
որովհետև • (orovhetew)
- because, since
Descendants
- → Armenian: որովհետև (orovhetew) (learned)
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որովհետև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-և”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որովհետև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy