թե

• թէ (tʻē) — traditional orthography

Inherited from Old Armenian թէ (tʻē).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [tʰe]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [tʰe]

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թե • (tʻe)

1. that

   Նա ասում է, թե պատրաստ է։ ― Na asum ē, tʻe patrast ē. ― He says, that he is ready.

2. or

   Աջ, թե՞ ձախ։ ― Aǰ, tʻe^? jax. ― Left or right?

թե • (tʻe)

1. (Hamshen) serves as an interrogative particle

   գնա՞ց թե ― gna^?cʻ tʻe ― did he go?

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 180a