ارمنستان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• Էրմէնիսթան (Ermenistan) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian اَرمَنِستان (armanistān).

Proper noun

ارمنستان • (Ermenistan)

1. Armenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia)

Descendants

• Turkish: Ermenistan

Persian

Etymology

From ارمن (arman) +‎ ـستان (-istān / -estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔar.ma.nis.ˈtaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.mä.nɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.mä.nɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.mä.nɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.mä.nis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæɹ.mæ.nes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäɾ.mä.nis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	armanistān
Dari reading?	armanistān
Iranian reading?	armanestân
Tajik reading?	armaniston

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Proper noun

ارمنستان • (armanistān / armanestân) (Tajik spelling Арманистон)

1. Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)

   Synonyms: جمهوری ارمنستان (jumhūrī-yi armanistān / jomhuri-ye armanestân), (archaic) ارمنیه (armaniya / armaniye)

   رفیق من آقای پتروسیان در ارمنستان زندگی می‌کند. (more literary, Iranian romanization)

   rafiġ-e man âġâ-ye petrosiyân dar armanestân zendegi mi-konad.

   رفیقم آقای پتروسیان تو ارمنستان زندگی می‌کنه. (more colloquial, Iranian romanization)

   rafiġam âġâ-ye petrosiyân tu armanestân zendegi mi-kone.

   My pal Mister Petrosyan lives in Armenia.

Derived terms

• ارمنستانی (armanistānī / armanestâni)

Related terms

• ارمنی (armanī / armani)
• نسل‌کشی ارامنه (nasl-kušī-yi arāmana / nasl-koši-ye arâmane, “Armenian genocide”)
• هولوکاست ارامنه (hōlōkāst-i arāmana / holokâst-e arâmane, “Armenian holocaust”)
• کشتار ارامنه (kuštār-i arāmana / koštâr-e arâmane, “Armenian slaughter”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَرْمَنِسْتان (armanistān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɾ.mə.nɪs.t̪ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: اَرْ‧مَ‧نِسْ‧تان

Proper noun

اَرْمَنِسْتان • (armanistān) m (Hindi spelling अर्मनिस्तान)

1. Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)

   Synonyms: آرْمینِیا (ārmeniyā), آرْمِینِیا (ārmīniyā)