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եղբայր

եղբայր

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • յեղբայր (yełbayr) (reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940)
  • ախպեր (axper), ախպար (axpar) (dialectal)
  • ապեր (aper) (dialectal, diminutive)

Noun

եղբայր (ełbayr)

  1. brother
  2. (informal) bro, buddy, pal (informal form of address to a male of equal age)

Declension

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Old Armenian

Etymology

By dissimilation from *երբայր (*erbayr), by adding a prothetic vowel to *րբայր (*rbayr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr with regular *Dr*rD metathesis and *-t--յ- (-y-) sound change between vowels.

Noun

եղբայր (ełbayr)

  1. brother
    մեծ, աւագ, երէց եղբայրmec, awag, erēcʿ ełbayr ― eldest brother
    կրտսեր եղբայրkrtser ełbayr ― youngest brother
    եղբայր հօր/մօրełbayr hōr/mōr ― uncle
    եղբայր ի Քրիստոսełbayr i Kʿristos ― brother in Christ-Jesus
  2. (figuratively) kinsman, relative
  3. (figuratively) friar, monk
    աշխատաւոր եղբայրašxatawor ełbayr ― lay brother
  4. (figuratively) friend, companion
Declension

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), եղբայր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), եղբայր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), եղբայր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 252