արա

See also: Արա and Appendix:Variations of "ara"

Armenian

Alternative forms

• ատա (ata), ադա (ada)

Etymology

Shortening of ա՛յ տղա (áy tġa). Alternatively, from earlier ա՛դա (áda), from Azerbaijani ədə.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɑɾɑ], [ɑˈɾɑ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ˈɑɾɑ], [ɑˈɾɑ]

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Interjection

արա • (ara)

1. a very informal way of addressing a familiar male person

   արա՛, ա՛յ համբալ ― ará, áy hambal ― hey you, moron!

Descendants

• → Russian: ара (ara)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ծօ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913) “արա”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 144b