անարի

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑnɑˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ա‧նա‧րի

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian անարի (anari); see it for more.

Etymology 1

From ան- (an-) +‎ արի (ari).

Etymology 2

From Parthian *𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉‎ (*ʾnʾry /anari/, “non-Aryan”) (attested in 𐭀𐭍𐭀𐭓𐭉𐭀𐭍‎ (ʾnʾryʾn /anaryān/)). Compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭‎ (ʾnyʿʾn /anērān/) and see there for more.

For the development of the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” recall that foreign nations are often considered “barbarian, strange”. Alternatively, the sense “gigantic, enormous, monstrous” can be formed in Armenian as ան- (an-) +‎ ար- (ar-, “to make, to fit”) +‎ -ի (-i) and basically mean “unshaped, deformed”.

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “անարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “անարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “անարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anari”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 69