նույնքան

Armenian

Alternative forms

• նույն քան (nuyn kʻan) (dated)
• նոյնքան (noynkʻan) (traditional orthography spelling)

Etymology

From Old Armenian նոյն քան (noyn kʻan).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /nujnˈkʰɑn/, [nujŋkʰɑ́n]
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈnujnkʰɑn/, [nújŋkʰɑn]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /nujnˈkɑn/, [nujŋkʰɑ́n]
• Hyphenation: նույ‧քան

Pronoun

նույնքան • (nuynkʻan)

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.

Usage notes

Note the stress on the first syllable.

References

• 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