մերսի

See also: մէրսի and մեռսի

Armenian

Alternative forms

մեռսի (meṙsi)

Etymology

From French merci. Introduced into Armenia by Western Armenian repatriates to the Armenian SSR in 1946–1948.

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [meɾˈsi]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [meɾˈsi]

Particle

մերսի • (mersi)

(colloquial) thanks, thank you

Synonyms

շնորհակալություն (šnorhakalutʿyun)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1951), “մէրսի”, in Ewropakan pʿoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 118
Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1951) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 573

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