հասցե

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian հասցէ (hascʿē, let it reach) written on envelopes before the addressee, 3rd person subjunctive aorist tense of հասանեմ (hasanem, to reach). The figurative sense is a semantic loan from Russian а́дрес (ádres).

Pronunciation

Noun

հասցե (hascʿe)

  1. address
    սխալ հասցեsxal hascʿewrong address
  2. (figuratively) someone's or something's direction (of a statement, claim, allegation, etc.)
    քննադատություններ վարչապետի հասցեինkʿnnadatutʿyunner varčʿapeti hascʿeincriticism levelled at the prime minister

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