Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ռամիկ (ṙamik).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ռամիկ (ṙamik)

  1. commoner, pleb
  2. (collective, definite) the common people, the populace, the vulgar, plebs
  3. (collective) a crowd of people
    Synonyms: ամբոխ (ambox), ժողովուրդ (žoġovurd), բազմություն (bazmutʻyun)

Declension

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Adjective

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ռամիկ (ṙamik)

  1. vulgar, low, plebeian, popular, common
    Synonyms: գռեհիկ (gṙehik), սինլքոր (sinlkʻor)

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian *ramīk, suffixed from the etymon of ռամ (ṙam), երամ (eram).

Noun

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ռամիկ (ṙamik)

  1. (collective) the common people, the populace, the vulgar, plebs

Declension

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Adjective

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ռամիկ (ṙamik)

  1. vulgar, low, plebeian, popular, common

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ռամիկ (ṙamik)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ռամիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ռամիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 233
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ռամիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy