շնորհիվ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շնորհիւ (šnorhiw).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃənoˈɾiv/, [ʃənoɾív]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ʃənoˈɾiv/, [ʃənoɾív]

Postposition

շնորհիվ • (šnorhiv) (traditional orthography spelling շնորհիւ)

1. thanks to, owing to, due to

   Նրա շնորհիվ մենք հաղթեցինք։ ― Nra šnorhiv menkʻ haġtʻecʻinkʻ. ― We won thanks to him.

Usage notes

Also used as a preposition. Commonly hypercorrected as ի շնորհիվ (i šnorhiv), in imitation of learned Old Armenian phrases with the preposition ի (i).