խաթեր
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
A dialectal dative singular of խաթր (xatʻr). Used the same way in other languages: compare Persian بخاطر (be-xâter), Azerbaijani xatirinə, Turkish hatrına (“for the sake of”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /χaˈtʰeɹ/ [χɑˈtʰeɹ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /χaˈteɹ/ [χɑˈtʰeɹ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Postposition edit
- for the sake of
- քո խաթեր ― kʻo xatʻer ― for your sake
References edit
- ^ Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 243
Further reading edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “խաթր”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 156
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “խաթր”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 227bc