ארמני

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /arˈme.ni/

Adjective

אַרְמֶנִי • (arméni) (feminine אַרְמֶנִית, masculine plural אַרְמֶנִים, feminine plural אַרְמֶנִיּוֹת)

1. Armenian: of, from, or pertaining to Armenia.

Usage notes

• The masculine plural indefinite may be either אַרְמֶנִים (arménim) or אַרְמֶנִיִּים (arméniyim), the former being far more common. (The latter is associated with a pronunciation /ar.meˈni/, with final stress, that is not commonly heard in Modern Israeli Hebrew.)

Noun

אַרְמֶנִי • (arméni) m (plural indefinite אַרְמֶנִים, singular construct אַרְמֶנִי־, feminine counterpart אַרְמֶנִית)

1. a male Armenian

Usage notes

• See the usage notes for the adjective (above).

Related terms

• אַרְמֶנְיָה (arménya, “Armenia”)

References

• “אַרְמֶנִי” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, supplementary volume (כֶּרֶךְ הַמִּלּוּאִים), →ISBN, page 31.