որովհետև

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian որովհետև (orovhetew).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /voɾofheˈtev/, [voɾofhetév]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /voɾoveˈtev/, [voɾovetév]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /voɾofheˈdev/, [voɾofhedév]
  • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /voɾoveˈdev/, [voɾovedév]
• Hyphenation: ո‧րով‧հե‧տև

Conjunction

որովհետև • (orovhetew)

1. because, since

   Synonyms: քանի որ (kʻani or), (archaic, literary) քանզի (kʻanzi), (dialectal) զերե (zere)

Old Armenian

Etymology

որով (orov) +‎ հետ (het) +‎ -և (-ew)

Conjunction

որովհետև • (orovhetew)

1. because, since

Descendants

• → Armenian: որովհետև (orovhetew) (learned)

Further reading

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որովհետև”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-և”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որովհետև”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy