ավելի

Armenian

Alternative forms

• աւելի (aweli) — traditional orthography

Etymology

From Old Armenian աւելի (aweli).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑveˈli/, [ɑvelí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑveˈli/, [ɑvelí]

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Adverb

ավելի • (aveli)

1. more, beyond

   ավելի ու ավելի ― aveli u aveli ― more and more

2. Forming the comparative form of adjectives

   ավելի մեծ ― aveli mec ― bigger

Further reading

• Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎^[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 31-32