հարս

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian հարսն (harsn).

Pronunciation

Noun

հարս • (hars)

  1. fiancée
    սա իմ հարսն է ― sa im harsn ē ― this is my fiancée
  2. bride
    հարսն ու փեսան ժամանեցին ― harsn u pʻesan žamanecʻin ― the bride and groom arrived
  3. a newlywed woman
  4. daughter-in-law, sister-in-law (the woman in relation to her husband's family)

Usage notes

Has the combining form հարսն- (harsn-), as in Old Armenian.

Declension

Alternative forms

  • խարս (xars) — dialectal

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Northern Kurdish: خارس (xars), خارز (xarz)
  • → Zazaki: hars

See also

Old Armenian

Noun

հարս • (hars)

  1. accusative plural of հայր (hayr)
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