լաո

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Armenian

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Northern Kurdish lawo, the vocative of law (son, boy).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Interjection

[edit]

լաո (lao) (dialectal, Nor Bayazet, Shirak, Sasun, Van)

  1. used to address or call one's child (especially male)

References

[edit]
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “լաօ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 189
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2002), “լաո”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume 2, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 202