Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փոխարէն (pʻoxarēn); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Postposition edit

փոխարեն (pʻoxaren) (traditional orthography spelling փոխարէն)

  1. instead of
    իմ փոխարենim pʻoxareninstead of me
  2. in return for, in exchange for