Օտար յատուկ անունների տառադարձութեան սկզբունքները Մասն ԺԱ.-վրացերէն
Abstract
The article is the last in the series that deals with the transliteration (transcription) of foreign proper names into Armenian (the way to transcribe foreign names in Armenian characters). The references of the previous articles are: 1) The Principles of Transliterating Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part I – Middle Eastern Languages [in Armenian], Haigazian Armenological Review, 40:2020, pp. 341–64. 2) The Principles of Transliterating Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part II – Classical Languages (Ancient Greek and Latin) [in Armenian], Bazmavep, CLXXVIII(1–2):2020, pp. 304–36. 3) The Principles of Transliterating Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part III – French Language [in Armenian], Haigazian Armenological Review, 41:2021, pp. 443–66. 4) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part IV – English Language [in Armenian], Handes Amsorya, CXXXV:2021, pp. 197–246. 5) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part V – German Language [in Armenian], Bazmavep, CLXXX(1–2):2022, pp. 277–303. 6) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part VI – Italian and Spanish Languages [in Armenian], Bazmavep, CLXXX(3–4):2022, pp. 271–300. 7) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part VII – Russian (Compared to Other Slavic) Languages [in Armenian], Haigazian Armenological Review, 42/2022, pp. 169–98. 8) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part VIII – Chinese Language [in Armenian], Bazmavep, CLXXXI(1–2):2023, pp. 272–305. 9) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part IX – Japanese Language [in Armenian], Haigazian Armenological Review, 44/1:2024, pp. 85–106. 10) The Principles of Transliterating (Transcribing) Foreign Proper Names into Armenian, Part X – Hindi Language and the Indian Sub-Continent [in Armenian], Bazmavep, CLXXXII(1–2):2024, pp. 361–405. The present part of the series is devoted to the transliteration (transcription) of names from the Georgian language. The principle of transliteration is based (as in the whole series) on classical Armenian spelling, definitely ruling out the “Soviet” transliteration on one side and the “Cilician” one on the other. After a reminder of the phonological and orthographic principles of Armenian transliteration mentioned in the first articles of the series, the author scrutinizes the most problematic sounds and phonemes of the Georgian language and confirms or proposes (based on numerous examples) a coherent and principled transliteration for each of them.