եքյա

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

եքյա • (ekʻya) (superlative ամենաեքյա) (dialectal)

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

Declension

References

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