Armenian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from միլիոն (milion), as if it contains մի (mi, one).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-իլիոն (-ilion) (traditional orthography spelling -իլիոն or -իլիօն)

  1. -illion

Usage notes

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The large numerals formed using native prefixes traditionally follow the long scale. 10⁹, short scale "billion", is expressed as հազար միլիոն (hazar milion, thousand million); 10¹⁵ as հազար երկիլիոն (hazar erkilion, thousand trillion/billion); etc. Nowadays, however, they follow the short scale, serving as calques of the more common Russian-borrowed big numbers, or, in the diaspora, of whatever scale the host country uses.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1952) Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 202