Questions tagged [armenian]
An Indo-European language spoken in Armenia.
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Help sought with understanding an aspect of genitive/possessive
In English, we can use the possessive in such a way that the noun being described is omitted, chiefly in cases where it has already been introduced. For example; "This chair is mine, and that is ...
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If the Armenian word for "foot", "otn", really comes from PIE *podm, why did the 'p' disappear?
If the Armenian word for "foot", "otn", really comes from PIE *podm, why did the 'p' disappear? Why didn't it change into 'h', like in "hing" (five, from *penkwe) or &...
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Are Chechen мукадахка /mukdahka/ "rat" and Armenian մուկ /muk/ cognate?
Are Chechen мукдахка /mukdahka/ "rat" and Armenian մուկ /muk/ cognate?
Are Chechen херси /hersi/ "piglet" and Latin porcus "pig" cognate?
I know that IE "p" ...
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In Armenian, which parts of each letter are intrinsic and must be demarcated from joining up strokes in joined-up handwriting?
My question [1] is about handwritten Armenian [2], but to illustrate what I am asking I will first say something about English and Russian, languages which are likely to be known by larger proportions ...
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An idea to phonetically relate Indo-European first-person singular personal pronouns [closed]
The chart shows what i guess about the succession using probable changes like e>ye or s>sh>ch or a>ya
PS: I'm not a linguist, just a curious language learner
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Similar diminutive name construction in Turkish and Armenian
In Armenian diminutive for personal names are formed by adding 'o' for some short part of the name (I'm intentionally not calling this short form "root" cause it's not necessarily a root), so some ...
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"yotta" in Greek and Armenian
The Armenian word for seven is "yotta", which sounds suspiciously similar to the Greek prefix for a factor of one septillion (though AIUI it comes from the ancient Greek word for eight, not seven). Is ...
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To which degree are Western and Eastern Armenian mutually intelligible?
From what I see at this wiki page, these two versions of Armenian show differences in phonology and sometimes in grammar which are greater than, say, a difference between Russian and Polish (and quite ...
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Armenian pH < PIE *p(H)?
PIE * p has widely become h in Armenian (e.g. հարց (harts) "question" < * prsk-, հուր (hur) "fire" < * pur-, etc.). However, some have claimed that the verb փլիլ (pHlil) "to fall in, collapse", ...
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What is this language? [closed]
This text was found in Bolu, Turkey, at my uncle's house. What language is it written in?
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The Armenian word for "King" and it's relation to Greek ἀγαυός and Phrygian -ΟΓΑϝΟΣ
What is the root of the Armenian word թագավոր (t'agavor) and what is it's relation to Greek ἀγαυός 'illustrious, nobble' and the Phrygian honorific epithet (AKENAN)-ΟΓΑϝΟΣ (ogawos)?
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Name of the Armenian people/language
I once knew an Armenian girl from Yerevan and she said the Armenian people are the Hy (pronounced like "Hi, how are you") and their language is Hy-idan. However, the wikipedia writes the name of the ...
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Are Armenian գունդ (gund) and Sanskrit गिन्दुक (ginduka) related?
I was just looking at the words for "ball" in many languages.
I noticed that Armenian has a word գունդ gund and Hindustani has a word गेंद / گیند gẽnd.
I didn't spot any other language with a ...
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What is the most ancient form of Armenian verb 'to be'?
The infinitive form of the verb in Eastern Armenian (provided there are infinitives) is a suppletive 'linEl'. I am surprised to notice its resemblance to most Finno-Ugric words of similar meaning, e....
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What is the history of Eastern and Western Armenian dialects?
Are there any regular phonetical correspondences between grammatical patterns of both dialects? Which one is thought to be the 'real' Armenian?
When and how did the dialects split? Is Western ...
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Do I need to learn Esperanto? [closed]
I am native Armenian speaker. I know Russian from childhood. Recent years English became my second language and I am using it in everywhere except interaction with friends. Now I want to learn Italian....
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Are there any loanwords between Turkish and Armenian?
In the Ottoman Empire, both Turks and Armenians shared common social and cultural domains, but are there any loanwords in either language from either side - i.e. Turkish loanwords in Armenian or ...
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What are the reasons to count Armenian as an Indo-European language?
Often I encounter arguments that Armenian is in fact not an Indo-European language. The claims assert that the regular correspondences between Armenian and PIE are too unrealistic, too rare and too ...
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Which cues can I listen for to distinguish spoken Georgian and Armenian?
I'm living in an area of Tbilisi Georgia that is traditionally the ethnic Armenian area. I would like to take the opportunity to listen to people in the street to detect whether anybody is speaking ...
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