գոնե

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գոնյա (gonya) (dated)
  • գօնյա (gōnya) (Tbilisi, dialectological notation)
  • գՙօ՛նէ (gʻṓnē) (Haçin, dialectological notation)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գոնէ (gonē), գոնեա (gonea). The dialectal forms are inherited.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡone/ [ɡóne], /ɡoˈne/ [ɡoné]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ˈkone/ [kʰóne], /koˈne/ [kʰoné]
  • Hyphenation: գո‧նե
  • Note the stress on the first syllable

Particle

գոնե • (gone) (traditional orthography spelling գոնէ)

  1. at least
    Գոնե մի բան ասա։ ― Gone mi ban asa. ― At least say something.

Further reading

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009), Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 48
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “գոնեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 579a
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