չնաշխարհիկ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Mkrtchyan considers this to be derived from չին աշխարհից (čʻin ašxarhicʻ, from the Chinese world), using immense distance as a way to describe something/someone as exotic. Ačaṙean disputes that and gives the explanation of ոչ (očʻ) +‎ աշխարհ (ašxarh).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

չնաշխարհիկ (čʻnašxarhik) (superlative ամենաչնաշխարհիկ)

  1. awesome, unmatched, out of this world, beautiful

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • չնաշխարհիկ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “չնաշխարհիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press