Armenian

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Etymology

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Via Ottoman Turkish بیرا (bira) from Italian birra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պիրա (pira) (nonstandard, colloquial, Western Armenian)

  1. beer
    Synonym: գարեջուր (gareǰur)

Declension

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951) “պիրա”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 135