խի
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From the Old Armenian root հի- (hi-); see it.
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /χi/ [χi] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /χi/ [χi] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Pronoun edit
խի • (xi)
- (colloquial, interrogative) why
- Խի՞ ես ծիծաղում։ ― Xi? es cicaġum. ― Why are you laughing?
Usage notes edit
Even though this word is shunned as colloquial, it is of native Armenian origin and not a borrowing.
Synonyms edit
- ինչու (inčʻu)
References edit
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press