Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian աներ (aner); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աներ (aner)

  1. father-in-law, wife’s father

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-ero-, from *h₂en- (ancestor) with the comparative suffix *-ero-; related to հան (han).

Noun edit

աներ (aner)

  1. father-in-law, wife’s father
    Աներ ԼիբանանուAner LibananuAntilibanus
  2. in-law; brother-in-law, wife’s brother
  3. father-in-law's household

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: աներ (aner)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աներ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աներ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աներ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “aner”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 81