վայրկյան

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վարկյան (varkyan) — colloquial

Etymology

From Old Armenian վայրկեան (vayrkean, “minute”). Western Armenian keeps the original meaning of Old Armenian “minute”, while the Eastern dialect has shifted it to “second”.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑjɾkjɑ́n]
    • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [vɑɾkjɑ́n]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑjɾɡjɑ́n]
    • (Western Armenian, colloquial) IPA(key): [vɑɾɡjɑ́n]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: վայր‧կյան

Noun

վայրկյան • (vayrkyan)

  1. (Eastern Armenian of Armenia) second
    Synonym: (Western Armenian, Iranian Armenian) երկվայրկյան (erkvayrkyan)
  2. (Western Armenian, Iranian Armenian) minute
    Synonym: (Eastern Armenian) րոպե (rope)
  3. (mathematics, astronomy) second (unit of angular measure)
  4. moment, second, instant, short amount of time
    մեկ վայրկյան ― mek vayrkyan ― one moment

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