քեռի

From Old Armenian քեռի (kʻeṙi).

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰeˈri/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /keˈɾi/,

քեռի • (kʻeṙi)

1. maternal uncle
2. sir, mister (a polite way of addressing a middle-aged man)

• մորեղբայր (moreġbayr)

• քեռակին (kʻeṙakin)

From քեռ (kʻeṙ, “sister’s”), genitive of քոյր (kʻoyr, “sister”), because the “uncle” is the person, whose sister is the speaker’s mother. Analogous derivations are Sanskrit स्वस्रीय (svasrīya, “sister's son, nephew”) and Latin sobrīnus (“cousin”).

քեռի • (kʻeṙi)

1. maternal uncle

• Armenian: քեռի (kʻeṙi)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քեռի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քեռի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 666–667
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 77–78