Armenian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Armenian մի (mi).

Alternative forms

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  • մ՚- (m’-)before a vowel

Article

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մը () (Western Armenian)

  1. a, an (an indefinite article)
    • 1924 – 2007, Zahrad :
      ոսպ մը, բառ մը, կանանչ մը, սեւ մը
      osp mə, baṙ mə, kanančʻ mə, sew mə
      a lentil, a word, a green one, a black one

References

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  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մը”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 317b

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish می ()

Particle

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մը () (dialectal, Western Armenian)

  1. Used to form interrogatives in colloquial speech.
    Ուրա՞խ ես մը։Ura?x es .Are you happy?