հա
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian հա (ha); see it for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /hɑ/, [hɑ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /hɑ/, [hɑ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Adverb edit
հա • (ha)
Synonyms edit
- այո (ayo)
Antonyms edit
- չէ (čʻē)
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Adverb edit
հա • (ha)
- behold! lo! here is, there are
Interjection edit
հա • (ha)
- come! come now! well! now then! courage!
Particle edit
հա • (ha)
Usage notes edit
Had replaced այո (ayo) already in the 12th century.
Synonyms edit
- այո (ayo)
Descendants edit
- Armenian: հա (ha)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հա”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հա”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382