Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Adjective

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անարի (anari) (superlative ամենաանարի)

  1. cowardly, not courageous
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Etymology 2

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From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Noun

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անարի (anari)

  1. (historical) non-Aryan, non-Iranian
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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From ան- (an-) +‎ արի (ari).

Adjective

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անարի (anari)

  1. weak, feeble, unmanly, timid, pusillanimous, cowardly
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  • Armenian: անարի (anari)

Etymology 2

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From Parthian *𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉 (*ʾnʾry /⁠anari⁠/, non-Aryan) (attested in 𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍 (ʾnʾryʾn /⁠anaryān⁠/)). Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭 (ʾnyʿʾn /⁠anērān⁠/) and see there for more.

For the development of the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” recall that foreign nations are often considered “barbarian, strange”. Alternatively, the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” can be formed in Armenian as ան- (an-) +‎ ար- (ar-, to make, to fit) +‎ (-i) and basically mean “unshaped, deformed”.

Noun

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անարի (anari)

  1. non-Aryan, non-Iranian
  2. gigantic, enormous, monstrous
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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “անարի”, 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) “anari”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 69