Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian վայրենի (vayreni); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

վայրենի (vayreni) (superlative ամենավայրենի)

  1. wild, savage

Declension edit

Noun edit

վայրենի (vayreni)

  1. savage

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

վայր (vayr, uninhabited place) +‎ -ենի (-eni)

Adjective edit

վայրենի (vayreni)

  1. wild
  2. rustic, unmannerly, clownish, boorish, ill-bred, uncivil, savage, ferocious, fierce

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: վայրենի (vayreni)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վայրենի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վայրենի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy