լաո
Appearance
Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- լաօ (laō) — traditional orthography
- լավո (lavo) — Mush, Van
Etymology
[edit]From Northern Kurdish lawo, the vocative of law (“son, boy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /lɑˈo/, [lɑó]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /lɑˈo/, [lɑó]
Interjection
[edit]լաո • (lao) (dialectal, Nor Bayazet, Shirak, Sasun, Van)
- 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