մահանա

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian մահանայ (mahanay), from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian بهانه (behâne).

Pronunciation

Noun

մահանա (mahana) (traditional orthography spelling մահանայ)

  1. (dialectal) excuse, pretext

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), մահանայ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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