Armenian Language Corner
HOW ARE YOUR GOOD DEED AND RENTAL THE SAME?
You rent a car, hire someone, or earn a salary. For these and other uses, you have the Armenian word...
What’s In a Name?
While Christianism entered Armenia in the first century A.D. through the efforts of Apostles Thaddeu...
MANY THINGS START BY THROWING SOMETHING
What does a hat have in common with a prisoner? What about haggling and defaming? There is a litt...
On the Ways to Repent
Western Armenian speakers, regardless of the country they live, have a tendency to mix Turkish words...
The Albania That Was Not in Europe
Many readers may have been puzzled these days to hear the name “Albania” in connection with the Azer...
After Night, There Is Always Daylight
Weeks ago, a reader brought up the question about the relation of the Armenian words ցերեկ (tsereg “...
You Need Something to Transfer
Western Armenian is always engaged into various types of interactions, be them with different foreig...
Everything Started with a Birth
The word “Christmas,” indeed, has Christ in its root. It is actually a shortened form of “Christ’s m...
You Do Not Own Time
We have insisted many times in this column on the importance of thinking in Armenian when speaking A...
How a Star Was Born
Has it occurred to you that the English “star” and its Armenian translation աստղ (asdgh) are also co...