աբբայություն

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

աբբա (abba) + -ություն (-utʻyun)

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /abbajuˈt͡sʰjun/ [ɑbːɑjuˈt͡sʰjun] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /appajuˈtʏn/ [ɑpʰːɑjuˈtʰʏn] invalid IPA characters (//[])
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Noun

աբբայություն • (abbayutʻyun)

  1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
  2. abbey (the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns)
  3. abbacy, abbotcy, abbotship

Declension

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աբբայութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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