շնորհիվ
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian շնորհիւ (šnorhiw).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /ʃənoˈɾiv/, [ʃənoɾív]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /ʃənoˈɾiv/, [ʃənoɾív]
Postposition[edit]
շնորհիվ • (šnorhiv) (traditional orthography spelling շնորհիւ)
- thanks to, owing to, due to
- Նրա շնորհիվ մենք հաղթեցինք։ ― Nra šnorhiv menkʻ haġtʻecʻinkʻ. ― We won thanks to him.
Usage notes[edit]
Also used as a preposition. Commonly hypercorrected as ի շնորհիվ (i šnorhiv), in imitation of learned Old Armenian phrases with the preposition ի (i).