ցիրկոնիում

Armenian

Etymology

Partly from New Latin zirconium and partly from Russian цирко́ний (cirkónij).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [tsʰiɾkoˈnjum], (but colloquially, under the influence of Russian) IPA(key): [tsʰirˈkonjum], [tsʰirˈkonium]

Noun

ցիրկոնիում (cʿirkonium)

  1. zirconium

Usage notes

Eastern Armenian professional circles (such as physicists) colloquially use Russian цирко́ний (cirkónij), as most of them are Russian-educated.

Declension

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