ախպար

Armenian

Etymology

The pejorative sense “Western Armenian” arose among Eastern Armenians in the Republic of Armenia from the Western Armenian dialectal pronunciation of եղբայր (eġbayr).

Pronunciation

Noun

ախպար • (axpar)

  1. (dialectal, Western Armenian) Alternative form of եղբայր (eġbayr)
  2. (ethnic slur) a Western Armenian
    Hypernym: արևմտահայ (arewmtahay)

Declension

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