Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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հարիսա (harisa) (traditional orthography spelling հարիսայ)

  1. harissa

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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