շնորհիվ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian շնորհիւ (šnorhiw).

Pronunciation edit

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ʃənoˈɹiv/ [ʃənoˈɹiv] invalid IPA characters (//[])
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ʃənoˈɹiv/ [ʃənoˈɹiv] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Postposition edit

շնորհիվ • (šnorhiv) (traditional orthography spelling շնորհիւ)

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

Usage notes edit

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