լաո

Armenian

Alternative forms

• լաօ (laō) — traditional orthography
• լավո (lavo) — Mush, Van

Etymology

From Northern Kurdish lawo, the vocative of law (“son, boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑˈo/, [lɑó]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /lɑˈo/, [lɑó]

Interjection

լաո • (lao) (dialectal, Nor Bayazet, Shirak, Sasun, Van)

1. used to address or call one's child (especially male)

References

• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լաօ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 189
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լաո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 202