մերսի

See also: մէրսի and մեռսի

Armenian

Alternative forms

• մեռսի (meṙsi)

Etymology

From French merci. Introduced into Armenia by Western Armenian repatriates to the Armenian SSR in 1946–1948.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /meɾˈsi/, [meɾsí]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /meɾˈsi/, [meɾsí]

Particle

մերսի • (mersi)

1. (colloquial) thanks, thank you

Synonyms

• շնորհակալություն (šnorhakalutʻyun)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1951), “մէրսի”, in Ewropakan pʻoxaṙeal baṙer hayerēni mēǰ [European Loanwords in Armenian] (Azgayin matenadaran; 166) (in Armenian), published from the author's manuscript submitted in 1921, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 118
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1951), Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Press of Armenia (HayPetHrat), page 573