Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From մայրի (mayri) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ հավ (hav). Doublet of միրհավ (mirhav).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մայրեհավ (mayrehav)

  1. grouse (bird of the subfamily Tetraoninae)[1]
    1. black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “մայրեհավեր”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 453b
  2. ^ Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (2001) “մայրեհավ”, in Kendanineri anunneri hayeren-ṙuseren-latineren kargabanakan baṙaran. Girkʻ B. Tʻṙčʻunner [An Armenian–Russian–Latin Taxonomic Dictionary of Animal Names. Book II. Birds] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: Macmillan Armenia, →ISBN, § 166, page 13