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Informal: Ourakhem qez hed dzanotanalou.

Formal : OUrakhem tsez hed dzanotanalou.

Literary it means: "I am happy to meet you".

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actually several ones are palindromes so you can choose the one you like best but the commonest such one is unu

which means 1 in sardinian corsican sicilian ladino & umbrian

but if youd prefer a more obscure or forgotten one that is a palindrome then

sis is 1 in the rare tsez or dido language of dagestan in the caucasus

& ene was 1 in crimean gothic as was eme in mycenaean greek

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Pari Zadig

(would be a proper way to say Happy Easter to a sole person or maybe two people individually)... but I have to elaborate on this.

(Easter is one of the most important if not THE most important celebration in Armenian culture...)

If you are addressing a few people or maybe a family you would say:

Shnor Havor Tsez Zadig means A Happy Easter to You (and yours).

If you are addressing alot of people, you would say it like: Shnor Havor Zadeeg poloreen (Happy Easter to all of you).

But in reality, most Armenians during Easter will also greet the traditional way to say: Christ Has Risen! "Kristos haryav ee merelotz" and you are supposed to immediately respond with: Blessed is the Resurrection of Christ: "Ortnyal eh haroutyouneh Kristosee."

At Easter time, this two part greeting and response is also used in our church service.

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It depends on who you're talking to. If you are talking to someone who you would speak properly with (or with more than one person), you say Ո՞նց եք (Vonts ek?). If you are speaking with one person, and they are familiar, you say Ո՞նց ես (Vonts es?). Hope this helps...I'm not Armenian but I lived there for two years and have been speaking for over three...

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The aforementioned is correct! Although another way of saying "how are you" in Armenian is: 1. "Inchpes ek" used in a formal and/or plural context. 2. "Inchpes es" used in an informal and/or singular context.

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Urdu

(āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم

reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام

inf - (salām) سلام

(helo) ەيلو

Uzbek

Assalomu Alaykum!

Vaalajkum assalom! (reply)

Labbay!

Venda

I nhlikanhi

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Á-lô!

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Bondjoû

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