Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic هَرِيسَة (harīsa, a kind of thick pottage). Folk etymology explains the word as հարի՛ սա (harí sa, churn this!).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հարիսա (harisa) (traditional orthography spelling հարիսայ)

  1. harissa

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “հերիսայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press