Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The pejorative sense “Western Armenian” arose among Eastern Armenians in the Republic of Armenia from the Western Armenian dialectal pronunciation of եղբայր (eġbayr).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ախպար (axpar)

  1. (dialectal, Western Armenian) Alternative form of եղբայր (eġbayr)
  2. (ethnic slur) a Western Armenian
    Hypernym: արևմտահայ (arewmtahay)

Declension edit