Armenian edit

 

Etymology edit

From հեռա- (heṙa-, tele-, far) +‎ խոսել (xosel, to speak). Calque of French téléologue, which referred to some early system for transmitting voice.

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Noun edit

հեռախոս (heṙaxos) (traditional orthography spelling հեռախօս)

  1. telephone, phone
    Synonyms: (Western Armenian) հեռաձայն (heṙajayn), (Western Armenian) թելեֆոն (tʻelefon)

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References edit

  • Ēminean, Srapion (1853) “téléologue”, in Erekʻlezuean baṙagirkʻ aysinkʻn gaġġierēn-hayerēn-tačkerēn [Trilingual French–Armenian–Ottoman Dictionary]‎[1], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, pages 1251–1252