թե

Armenian

Alternative forms

• թէ (tʻē) — traditional orthography

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian թէ (tʻē).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tʰe/, [tʰe]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /te/, [tʰe]

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Conjunction

թե • (tʻe)

1. that

   Synonym: որ (or)

   Նա ասում է, թե պատրաստ է։ ― Na asum ē, tʻe patrast ē. ― He says, that he is ready.

2. or

   Աջ, թե՞ ձախ։ ― Aǰ, tʻe^? jax. ― Left or right?

3. if

   Synonym: եթե (etʻe)

4. so that, in order to

   Synonyms: որ (or), (formal) որպեսզի (orpeszi)

5. (when repeated) as well as, both ... and ...

   Թե մեկը, թե մյուսը գործածելի են։ ― Tʻe mekə, tʻe myusə gorcaceli en. ― Both of them are applicable.

Particle

թե • (tʻe)

1. (Hamshen) serves as an interrogative particle

   գնա՞ց թե ― gna^?cʻ tʻe ― did he go?

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 180a