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the Armenian word for hello

Բարև comes from the word բարի, which means kind. You can say բարի լույս, meaning kind light, to say good morning, and բարի գիշեր, meaning kind night, to say good night. Some people argue that բարև also stems from the word ար, the heathen God of the sun in old times. Today արև means sun.

Another form of greeting is ողջույն, literally meaning greeting (singular). The verb to greet someone is ողջունել, or ողջույն տալ (lit. to give a greeting).

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Լեզուն արդար սիրտը չար։

Fair words, wicked heart.

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Persian - Armenian Twins 🇮🇷🇦🇲

The Armenian language contains many terms derived from Old Iranian languages as a result of centuries of interaction between Iranian peoples and the people of the Armenian highlands. As a result, modern Armenian and modern Persian share many cognates.

Աժդահակ (Azhdanak) & اژدها  (ezhdehâ) = dragon ապատ (apat) & آباد‎ (âbâd) = inhabited (e.g. Islamabad) ասպարէզ (asparez) & اسپریس‎ (asparês) = racecourse ( اسپ‎ (asb) = horse) աշխարհ (ashkharh) & شهر (shahr) = country, city  արժան (arzhan) & ارزان (arzân) = cheap բժիշկ (bëzhishk) & پزشک‎ (pezeshk) = doctor գահ (gah) & گاه (gâh) = throne, place դաշույն (dashuyn) & دشنه (dashne) = short sword, dagger դատախազ (datakhaz) & دادخواه (dâdkhwâh) = accuser, plaintiff երախ (yerakh) & رخ (rokh) = mouth, cheek երաշտ (yerasht) & رشت‎ (rasht) = drought, very dry ժահր (zhahr) & زهر (zahr) = poison խոնաստան (khonastan) & خوان+ـستان (khwân+estân) = audience-hall, read/recite+place խրատ (khrat) & خرد‎ (kherad) = advice, wisdom կույր (kuyr) & کور (kûr) = blind հեշտ (hesht) & هشتن (heshtan) = to permit հմայք (hëmayk’) & همایون (hamâyûn) = sorcery, blessed‎ ձագ (jag) & زاق (zâq) = offspring ճշմարիտ (chëshmarit) & ‎دیدن‎+چشم (cheshm+dīdan) = true, eye+see մահիկ (mahik) & ماه (mâh) = moon, month մեգ (meg) & میغ‎ (mîgh) = fog, cloud միշտ (misht) & همیشه (hamîsheh) = always նախճիր (nakhchir) & نخجیر‎ (nakhjîr) = massacre նկարեն (nëkaren) & نگارین‎ (negârin) = painted պաշտպան (pashtpan) & پشتیبان‎ (poshtivân) = defender, what is leant upon ռոճիկ (r’och’ik) & روزی (rûzî) = daily bread սմբակ (sëmbak) & سم‎ (som) = hoof սպիտակ (spitak) & سفید (sefîd) = white վարդ (vard) & گل‎ (gol) = rose վստահ (vëstah) & گستاخ (gostâkh) = confident, arrogant վնաս (vënas) & گناه‎ (gonâh) = damage, sin քեն (k’en) & کین (kîn) = hatred

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The Armenian alphabet was created by Mesrop Mashtoc in 405/406. Prior to 301, when Armenia accepted Christianity, Armenia was zoroastrian, like its neighbor the Byzantine empire. At the time many Armenians spoke Persian, and manuscripts were written encouraging the worship of multiple deities. After the acceptance of Christianity, these manuscripts were destroyed along with the temples created to worship deities.

There were originally 36 letters, which could be arranged as an equilateral triangle and used as a counting system. The Armenian word for alphabet is այբուբեն, literally meaning ayb and ben, the names of the first two letters. The first letter is այբ, representing աստված (God), the last is քե, representing Քրիստոս (Christ).

The very first book translated to Armenian was the Bible, and it is considered the queen of translations.

Armenian Alphabet Monument, Byurakan (2005)

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Learn the alphabet

A video of the Armenian alphabet here, and these are the words mentioned in the video:

Աա աստղ star

Բբ բու owl

Գգ գորտ frog

Դդ դիմակ mask

Եե ելակ strawberry

Զզ զանգակ bell

Էէ էշ donkey

Ըը ընձուխտ giraffe

Թթ թիթեռ butterfly

Ժժ ժապավեն ribbon

Իի ինքնաթիռ airplane

Լլ լուսին moon

Խխ խցգետին crab

Ծծ ծաղիկ flower

Կկ կապիկ monkey

Հհ հավ chicken

Ձձ ձուկ fish

Ղղ ղեկ steering weals

Ճճ ճտիկ chick

Մմ մեղու bee 

Յյ յոթ seven

Նն նավ boat

Շշ շուն dog

Ոո ոչխար sheep

Չչ չխչիկ bat

Պպ պաղպաղակ icecream

Ջջ ջայլամ ostrich

Ռռ ռնգեղջյուր rhinoceros

Սս սունկ mushroom

Վվ վրձին brush

Տտ տուն house

Րր րոպե minute

Ցց ցույլ bull

ՈՒու ուղաթիռ helicopter

Փփ փիղ elephant

Քք քառակուսի square

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