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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղբայր (ełbayr). All dialectal forms are inherited from Old Armenian *աղբայր (*ałbayr), a by-form of եղբայր (ełbayr).
Pronunciation
Noun
եղբայր • (eġbayr)
- brother
- (informal) bro, buddy, pal (informal form of address to a male of equal age)
- male cousin
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
By dissimilation from *երբայր (*erbayr), by adding a prothetic vowel to *րբայր (*rbayr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (with regular *Br → *rB metathesis and *-t- → -յ- (-y-) sound change between vowels).
Noun
եղբայր • (ełbayr)
- brother
- մեծ, աւագ, երէց եղբայր ― mec, awag, erēcʻ ełbayr ― eldest brother
- կրտսեր եղբայր ― krtser ełbayr ― youngest brother
- եղբայր հօր/մօր ― ełbayr hōr/mōr ― uncle
- եղբայր ի Քրիստոս ― ełbayr i Kʻristos ― brother in Christ-Jesus
- (figuratively) kinsman, relative
- (figuratively) friar, monk
- աշխատաւոր եղբայր ― ašxatawor ełbayr ― lay brother
- հոգեվոր եղբայր ― hogevor ełbayr ― spiritual brother
- (figuratively) friend, companion
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: → եղբայր (eġbayr) (learned), > ախպեր (axper) (inherited), > ախպար (axpar) (inherited)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղբայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղբայր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 252
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եղբայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy