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ընտանի

ընտանի

Armenian

Adjective

ընտանի (əntani)

  1. domestic, domesticated, not wild, tame
    ընտանի կենդանիəntani kendani ― domestic animal
  2. (archaic) relating to family life
  3. (archaic) kindred, own, not alien
  4. (archaic) friendly, amicable

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Noun

ընտանի (əntani)

  1. (dialectal) wife

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Related terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

ընդ (ənd) + տան (tan) + (-i)

Adjective

ընտանի (əntani)

  1. domestic; native; kindred, own, not alien
    ընտանի պատերազմəntani paterazm ― intestine strife, domestic broils, civil war
    ընտանի դաւաճան, թշնամիəntani dawačan, tʿšnami ― traitor, intestine foe
  2. familiar
    ընտանի հաւատոյəntani hawatoy ― faithful to the Truth
    ընտանի լինել գրոցəntani linel grocʿ ― to be familiar with, or versed in literature
  3. tamed, not wild; cultivated

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Noun

ընտանի (əntani)

  1. intimate, friend, relation
  2. (in the plural) family
    հայր ընտանեացhayr əntaneacʿ ― the father of a family

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ընտանի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ընտանի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ընտանի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935