եքյա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Azerbaijani yekə (large, big), from Middle Mongol ᠶᠡᠬᠡ (yeke).

Pronunciation

Adjective

եքյա • (ekʿya) (superlative ամենաեքյա) (dialectal)

  1. (derogatory or expressing surprise) large, big
    Էդ եքյա հացը ո՞նց ես մենակդ ուտելու։Ēd ekʿya hacʿə o?ncʿ es menakd utelu.How are you going to eat that huge bread by yourself?
  2. grown-up, grown
    Եքյա մարդ ես, չե՞ս ամաչում։Ekʿya mard es, čʿe?s amačʿum.You're a grown man, aren't you ashamed?

Declension

References

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), եքայ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), եքյա”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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