առթիվ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian առթիւ (aṙtʻiw), the instrumental case of առիթ (aṙitʻ, “occasion”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑrˈtʰiv/, [ɑrtʰív]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑrˈtiv/, [ɑrtʰív]

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Postposition

առթիվ • (aṙtʻiv)

1. on the occasion (of), apropos, in connection (with)

Alternative forms

• առթիւ (aṙtʻiw) — traditional orthography

Related terms

• առիթ (aṙitʻ)