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նույնքան

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian նոյն քան (noyn kʻan).

Pronunciation

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  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /nujnˈkʰɑn/, [nujŋkʰɑ́n]
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈnujnkʰɑn/, [nújŋkʰɑn]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /nujnˈkɑn/, [nujŋkʰɑ́n]
  • Hyphenation: նույ‧քան
  • Note the stress on the first syllable.

Pronoun

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նույնքան (nuynkʻan) (traditional orthography spelling նոյնքան)

  1. as, equally, just as
    Վահագը նույնքան խելոք է, որքան Անատոլի Վասսերմանը։
    Vahagə nuynkʻan xelokʻ ē, orkʻan Anatoli Vassermanə.
    Vahag is just as smart as Anatoly Wasserman.

References

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  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “նույնքան”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys, page 718b
  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48