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Where does “մեծաբերան” come from?

մեծաբերան (Armenian) comes from Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian մեծ, from Old Armenian ան-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

մեծաբերան (Armenian): bigmouthed; having a big mouth or loud mouth

Definitions

  1. bigmouthed; having a big mouth or loud mouth

Ancestry of “մեծաբերան”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianմեծbig, large; spacious, voluminous, sizable; lofty,...
2Old Armenianմեծgreat; large, big; strong, powerful, mighty;...
3Old Armenianան-a privative prefix, without, -less, un-, dis-;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
5Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
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