25
Jun
From Paradise to Yettem, California
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armprelacy
The word for “garden” in Classical Armenian was bardez (պարտէզ). It came from the language of the ol...
Armenian Language Corner
12
Jun
Please, Bear in Mind
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We have spoken in the past about the risks of thinking in English and speaking in Armenian. Sometime...
03
Jun
What Happens When You Misread a Word?
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Greeks went up to Oriental Asia to get a very valuable fabric from the Seres, and called it Serikos....
02
Apr
A Very Public Word
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The Armenian word enthanoor (ընդհանուր) has quite a ubiquitous meaning. It is an adjective that usua...
26
Feb
If Something Is Scarce, Then It is Expensive
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The name of the toothed cutting tool that we today call saw has evolved over time. It was sawein Mid...
11
Feb
Don’t Sleep Back, Sleep Again!
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When you return, you are going back to the place you had been before. However, you are also going ag...
29
Jan
Unbreakable as a Diamond
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Diamond is another of those words that English and Armenian languages share due to some common sourc...
30
Dec
Two Other Ways to Say “New Year” in Armenian
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Amanor
As anyone knows, “new year” is nor dari (նոր տարի) in Armenian, and of course, New Year = ...
18
Dec
New Armenian Words Not in Your Dictionary
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Password: Any person with some reasonable knowledge of the Armenian language may invent a word, espe...
20
Nov
Three Words of the Twenty-First Century
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It is very difficult to keep pace with the novelties of language, especially these days. Most curren...