կար-չկար

• կար չկար (kar čʻkar)

CCompare the similar semantics of Azerbaijani biri var idi, biri yox idi, Turkish bir varmış, bir yokmuş, Persian یکی بود یکی نبود (yeki bud yeki nabud, “once upon a time/there was, there was not”), Georgian იყო და არა იყო რა (iq̇o da ara iq̇o ra, “once upon a time/there was, there was not”).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑɾ t͡ʃʰəˈkɑɾ/ [kɑɾ t͡ʃʰəkɑ́ɾ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɾ t͡ʃəˈɡɑɾ/ [ɡɑɾ t͡ʃʰəɡɑ́ɾ]

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կար-չկար • (kar-čʻkar)

1. (used at the beginnings of fairytales) Once upon a time. Literally, “there was, there was not…”.

• լինում է, չի լինում (linum ē, čʻi linum)