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լաո

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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

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

References

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  • 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