Armenian Language Corner
THE ARMENIAN ROOTS OF SERENDIPITY
Serendipity 3 is a restaurant in Manhattan that has been featured in various films, including the ro...
From Siamanto to the Star-Spangled Banner
Siamanto (Adom Yarjanian, 1878-1915), one of the names of the greatest generation of Armenian modern...
The Talk about Honey and Bees
It is logical, in a sense, that the names for a product and its producer are derived from the same s...
The Roots of Hate
English has a slew of words with Latin roots, which have a different meaning than their counterparts...
The Armenian Mysteries of Chocolate
Chocolate is 365 days around us, but the end of the year is one of those times when we may be litera...
HOW CLOSE ARE THE POOL AND THE SAND?
The sound of words always has a deceptive quality. Words with various meanings or with sounds that a...
Where Did Madzoon Come From?
It is interesting to note that the word mazoon appears to mean “rain-making clouds” in Arabic, and a...
Another Mashdots (Not St. Mesrob)
Everybody knows that St. Mesrob Mashdots was the creator of the Armenian alphabet and has a fair ide...
From Creation till Today
In the fifth day of Creation, “God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle ...
About Avoiding Spelling Mistakes
We usually have problems when we try to transcribe an Armenian name into English. Sometimes people h...