նա

From Old Armenian նա (na); see below.

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [nɑ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [nɑ]

նա • (na)

1. (personal) he, she
2. (demonstrative) that

   Synonym: էնի (ēni) – dialectal

այն (ayn) and նա form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.

In the spoken language, նա is much more often a personal pronoun than a demonstrative, with demonstrative function fulfilled by դա (da) or էնի (ēni), depending on register.

In the spoken language, նա is commonly replaced with ինքը (inkʿə) as the third person singular personal pronoun, e.g., ինքը տուն է գնում (inkʿə tun ē gnum) instead of նա տուն է գնում (na tun ē gnum), both meaning "he/she is going home."

• այն (ayn)
• դա (da)
• սա (sa)

• նայ (nay)
• նէ (nē) (invented by the Hellenizing School as “she”)

From earlier *նո- (*no-).

նա • (na)

1. (personal) he, she

   ուտէ նա ― utē na ― he or she eats

   խնդրեմ զնա ― xndrem zna ― I am looking for him, her or it

   նա է ― na ē ― it is he or she

2. (demonstrative) that, it (not near the 1st or 2nd person)

• (that): այն (ayn), նոյն (noyn)

• Armenian: նա (na)

• ինքն (inkʿn), իւր (iwr)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նա”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press