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