հա
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian հա (ha); see it for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /hɑ/, [hɑ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /hɑ/, [hɑ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Adverb[edit]
հա • (ha)
Synonyms[edit]
- այո (ayo)
Antonyms[edit]
- չէ (čʻē)
Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Adverb[edit]
հա • (ha)
- behold! lo! here is, there are
Interjection[edit]
հա • (ha)
- come! come now! well! now then! courage!
Particle[edit]
հա • (ha)
Usage notes[edit]
Had replaced այո (ayo) already in the 12th century.
Synonyms[edit]
- այո (ayo)
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: հա (ha)
References[edit]
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հա”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382