մեքենա

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian մեքենայ (mekʻenay), from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, device). Doublet of մաշնա (mašna). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Russian машина (mašina).

Pronunciation

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  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /mekʰeˈna/ [mekʰeˈnɑ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /mekeˈna/ [mekʰeˈnɑ] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Noun

մեքենա • (mekʻena) (traditional orthography spelling մեքենայ)

  1. machine
  2. car, automobile

Declension

Synonyms

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