մայրենի

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian մայրենի (mayreni); see below.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

մայրենի (mayreni)

  1. maternal
  2. (figuratively) native, home
    մայրենի լեզուmayreni lezumother tongue, first language, native language
  3. (nominalized) mother tongue, first language, native language (shortening of մայրենի լեզու)

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

մայր (mayr) +‎ -ենի (-eni)

Adjective[edit]

մայրենի (mayreni)

  1. maternal, motherly; by mother's side
    մայրենի հաւmayreni hawmaternal grandfather
    մայրենիքmayrenikʻmother's country or birth-place

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: մայրենի (mayreni)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մայրենի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մայրենի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy