The article is about common words found in the Armenian and Hattic, Hurrian, Hittite, Luvian. These languages which were used in the south and west of the Armenian Highland disappeared by the end of the 2nd Millennium BC.
The relation and influence of the Armenian with the neighbouring ancient languages of the Armenian Plateau has been at the center of attention of linguists for quite some time now. The most significant researches have been conducted by Krikor Ghapantsian, Igor Diakonov and Gevork Djahukian.
Nonetheless, the author notes that a considerable amount of new material has become available due to studies during the last two decades, which enable him to examine, suggest corrections, analyse and eventually add to the already existing material.
In this article the author examines a number of specific words which bear cultural connotations or are related to deities. Petrosyan's comparative study leads him to conclude that traces of names Tessub/Teiseba (the Hurrian-Urartian god of storm), and its opponent the dragon Ullikummi may be found in Armenian legends and adds that the Armenian legendary figure Tork might have a Huttian-Luvian origin.
The author focuses on certain aspects of Classical Armenian transliteration, basing his study on fifth-century Armenian root words borrowed from the Latin, Greek, Persian, Hebrew and Assyrian languages.
He argues that Classical Armenian established a very deep and broad transliteration tradition, setting a precedent fr...
Both Armenian and foreign linguists, including Fr. Arsen Aytinyan, Heinrich Peterman, losef Karst, Manuk Abeghyan, Grigor Ghapantsyan, Aarart Gharibyan, A. Marvalyan, Alexander Margaryan, and Gevorg Jahukyan have examined the etymology of the Armenian modal suffix կ(ը).
The paper critically analyses the various views e...
The issue of Armenian relations with Nazi Germany has been the subject of few studies and much speculation in Armenian scholarly and non-scholarly circles. From the eighteenth century on, coinciding with European colonial expansion and the struggle for the control of the decaying Ottoman Empire, Armenians were racializ...
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The article refutes the revisionist approach proposed by Azerbaijani official historiography and in particular by the current Vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Nalia Mamedali Gizi Velikhanli (born 1940). Dr. Velikhanli claims that the lands located North of the river valleys of the Lower Ar...
Armenian monasteries and settlements are named in Persian documents in ways different from those registered in Armenian sources and are closer in pronunciation to Muslim names. This fact has enabled many Azeri falsifiers to claim the ethnic 'Azeriness' of Armenian villages and regions, and to politicise their claims ra...
The term "Haykabanutyun" often comes across in scientific literature and fiction. The concept of "Haykabanutyun," however, hasn't been defined so far and we cannot explain what did Haykabanutyun/Haykaban specifically mean.
The author tackles this concern in this article, based on diverse dictionaries and other sources....
