Armenian

See also: armenian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Arm.

Etymology

From Armenia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈmiːni.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑːɹˈmiːni.ən/

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Adjective

Armenian (comparative more Armenian, superlative most Armenian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Armenian

• Armenian Apostolic Church
• Armenian blackberry
• Armenian blue
• Armenian bole
• Armenian Catholic
• Armenian Catholic Church
• Armenian chrome
• Armenian Church
• Armenian disease

• Armenian dogbane
• Armenian elm
• Armenian hamster
• Armenian Highland
• Armenian khramulya
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
• Armenian lizard
• Armenian marsh-mallow
• Armenian mountain catfish

• Armenian Question
• Armenian red
• Armenian rite
• Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Armenian SSR
• Armenian stone
• Armenian sweatweed
• Armenian viper

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet

• Albanian: armen (sq)
• Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένιος m (Arménios)
• Arabic: أَرْمِينِيّ‎‎ m (ʾarmēniyy), أَرْمِينِيَّة‎‎ f (ʾarmēniyya)
• Aragonese: аерман, аермантә
• Armenian: հայկական (hy) (haykakan), հայ (hy) (hay)

  Old Armenian: հայկական (haykakan), հայկազն (haykazn)

• Asturian: armeniu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: erməni (az)
• Bashkir: әрмән (ärmän)
• Basque: armeniar
• Belarusian: армя́нскі m (armjánski)
• Bulgarian: арме́нски (bg) m (arménski)
• Catalan: armeni (ca)
• Chechen: эрмалойн (ermalojn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞的 (zh), 亚美尼亚的 (zh) (Yàměiníyà de)

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni
• Czech: arménský (cs)
• Danish: armenisk
• Dutch: Armeens (nl)
• Esperanto: armena (eo)
• Faroese: armenskur
• Finnish: armenialainen (fi)
• French: arménien (fr)
• Galician: armenio (gl)
• Georgian: სომხური (somxuri)
• German: armenisch (de)
• Greek: αρμενικός (el) (armenikós)
• Hebrew: ארמני‎‎ m (arméni), ארמנית‎‎ f (arménit)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: armenskur
• Ingush: эрмалой (èrmaloj)

• Irish: Airméanach
• Italian: armeno (it)
• Japanese: アルメニアの (ja) (Arumenia-no)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرمەنی‎‎ (ermenî)

  Kurmanji: әрмәние (ermenîê)

• Latvian: armēņu, armēnisks
• Lithuanian: armėniškas (lt), armėnų (lt)
• Malay: Armenia
• Maltese: Armenjan m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armensk (no)

  Nynorsk: armensk (nn)

• Old Norse: ermskr
• Ossetian:

  Digor: сомехаг (somexag)

  Iron: сомихаг (somixag)

• Persian: ارمنی‎‎ (fa) (armani)
• Polish: ormiański (pl); (pertaining to Armenia) armeński (pl)
• Portuguese: arménio (pt) (Portugal), armênio (pt) (Brazil), arménico (Portugal), armênico (Brazil)
• Romanian: armean (ro)
• Russian: армя́нский (ru) (armjánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Airmeineach m
• Serbo-Croatian: àrmēnskī (sh)
• Slovak: arménsky (sk)
• Slovene: armenski (sl)
• Spanish: armenio (es)
• Swedish: armenisk (sv)
• Tajik: арманӣ (tg) (armanī)
• Tatar: әрмәни (ärmäni)
• Turkish: Ermeni (tr)
• Ukrainian: вірме́нський (uk) m (virménsʹkyj)
• Yiddish: אַרמעניש‎‎ (armenish)

Noun

Armenian (countable and uncountable, plural Armenians)

1. (countable) A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.
2. (uncountable) The language of Armenia and the Armenian people, whose older stages are Old Armenian and Middle Armenian.
3. (uncountable) A branch of Indo-European languages, which includes the various stages of the Armenian language.

Synonyms

• Ashkharhabar

Derived terms

• Graeco-Armenian, Helleno-Armenian
• Proto-Armenian
• Old Armenian, Classical Armenian, Liturgical Armenian
• Middle Armenian
• Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian

Translations

person

• Abkhaz: аерманы (āermānə), ашәамахь (āš°āmāx̍)
• Albanian: armen (sq) m, armene f
• Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένιος m (Arménios)
• Arabic: أَرْمِينِيّ‎‎ m (ʾarmēniyy), أَرْمِينِيَّة‎‎ f (ʾarmēniyya)
• Armenian: հայ (hy) (hay)

  Old Armenian: հայ (hay), հայկազն (haykazn)

• Asturian: armeniu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: erməni (az)
• Basque: armeniar
• Belarusian: армяні́н m (armjanín), армя́нка f (armjánka)
• Bulgarian: арме́нец m (arménec), арме́нка f (arménka)
• Catalan: armeni (ca) m, armènia (ca)
• Chechen: эрмало (ermalo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞人 (zh), 亚美尼亚人 (zh) (Yàměiníyà-rén)

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni
• Czech: Armén m, Arménec m, Arménka (cs) f
• Danish: armenier (da)
• Dutch: Armeniër (nl) m, Armeense (nl) f
• Estonian: armeenlane
• Faroese: armeni m
• Finnish: armenialainen (fi)
• French: Arménien (fr) m, Arménienne (fr) f
• Galician: armenio (gl) m
• Georgian: სომეხი (somexi)
• German: Armenier (de) m, Armenierin (de) f
• Greek: Αρμένιος (el) m (Arménios), Αρμένια f (Arménia), Αρμένης (el) m (Arménis), Αρμένισσα f (Arménissa)
• Hebrew: ארמני‎‎ m (arméni), ארמנית‎‎ f (arménit)
• Hindi: अर्मेनियाई (armeniyā'ī)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: Armeníumaður m, Armeníukona f, Armeníumenn pl, Armeni m, Armenar m pl
• Ingush: эрмало (èrmalo)
• Irish: Airméanach m

• Italian: armeno (it) m, armena (it) f
• Japanese: アルメニア人 (Arumenia-jin)
• Khmer: អាមេនី (km) (aameinii)
• Korean: 아르메니아 사람 (Areumenia saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرمەنی‎‎ (ermenî), ئەرمەن‎‎ (ermen)

  Northern Kurdish: әрмәни (ermenî), file (ku)

• Latvian: armēnis m, armēniete f
• Lithuanian: armėnas (lt) m, armėnė (lt) f, armėnai (lt) m pl, armėnės f pl
• Malay: orang Armenia
• Maltese: Armenjan m, Armenjana f, Armenjani pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armener (no) m, armenier (no) m

  Nynorsk: armenar (nn) m, armeniar (nn) m

• Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎹 (Arminiya)
• Ossetian:

  Digor: сомехаг (somexag)

  Iron: сомихаг (somixag)

• Persian: ارمنی‎‎ (fa) (armani), ارمن‎‎ (arman)
• Polish: Ormianin (pl) m, Ormianka (pl) (nationality), Armeńczyk (pl) m, Armenka (pl) f (people from Armenia)
• Portuguese: armênio (pt) m (Brazil), arménio (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: armean (ro) m, armeană (ro) f, armeancă (ro) f
• Russian: армяни́н (ru) m (armjanín), армя́нка (ru) f (armjánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Airmeineach m
• Serbo-Croatian: Arménac (sh) m, Àrmēnka f
• Slovene: Armenec (sl) m, Armenka f
• Spanish: armenio (es) m, armenia (es) f
• Swahili: Mwarmenia (sw)
• Swedish: armenier (sv)
• Tajik: арманӣ (tg) (armanī)
• Tatar: әрмән (tt) (ärmän)
• Turkish: Ermeni (tr), Ermenistanlı
• Ukrainian: вірмени́н m (virmenýn), вірме́нка f (virménka)
• Yiddish: אַרמענער‎‎ m (armener) (man)

language

• Abkhaz: аерманы бызшәа (āermānə bəzš°ā)
• Albanian: armenisht (sq), armenishte (sq)
• Arabic: أَرْمِينِيَّة‎‎ f (ʾarmēniyya)
• Armenian: հայերեն (hy) (hayeren)

  Old Armenian: հայերէն (hayerēn)

• Asturian: armeniu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: erməni dili
• Basque: armeniera (eu)
• Belarusian: армя́нская мо́ва f (armjánskaja móva)
• Bulgarian: арме́нски ези́к m (arménski ezík)
• Catalan: armeni (ca) m
• Chechen: эрмалойн мотт (ermalojn mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞語, 亚美尼亚语 (Yàměiníyà-yǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni tili
• Czech: arménština (cs) f
• Danish: armensk (da) n
• Dutch: Armeens (nl) n
• Estonian: armeenia keel (et)
• Faroese: armenskt n
• Finnish: armenia (fi)
• French: arménien (fr) m
• Galician: armenio (gl) m
• Georgian: სომხური ენა (somxuri ena)
• German: Armenisch (de)
• Greek: αρμενικά (el) n pl (armeniká)
• Gujarati: આર્મેનિયન (gu) (ārmeniyan)
• Hebrew: ארמנית‎‎ f (arménit)
• Hindi: आर्मेनियन (hi) (armeniyan), अर्मेनियाई (armeniyā'ī)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: armenska (is)
• Ingush: эрмалой мотт (èrmaloj mott)
• Irish: Airméinis f
• Italian: armeno (it) m
• Japanese: アルメニア語 (ja) (Arumenia-go)
• Khmer: អាមេនី (km) (aameinii)
• Korean: 아르메니아어 (Areumenia-eo)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرمەنی‎‎ (ermenî)

  Kurmanji: зьмане әрмәни (zimanê ermenî), әрмнийи (ermnîjî)

• Latvian: armēņu valoda, armēņu
• Lithuanian: armėnų (lt), armėnų kalba (lt)
• Malay: bahasa Armenia
• Maltese: L-Armenjan
• Navajo: Aooméénii bizaad
• Nepali: आर्मेनीयन​ (ārmenīyana​)
• Norman: Arménien m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armensk (no) m

  Nynorsk: armensk (nn) m

• Ossetian:

  Digor: сомехаг æвзаг (somexag ævzag)

  Iron: сомихаг æвзаг (somixag ævzag)

• Persian: ارمنی‎‎ (fa) (armani)
• Polish: ormiański (pl) m
• Portuguese: arménio (pt) m (Portugal), armênio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: armeană (ro) f, armenește (ro) (adverbially)
• Russian: армя́нский язы́к m (armjánskij jazýk)
• Scots: Armenie
• Scottish Gaelic: Airmeinis f
• Serbo-Croatian: àrmēnskī (sh) m
• Slovak: arménčina (sk) f
• Slovene: armenščina (sl) f
• Spanish: armenio (es) m
• Swahili: Kiarmenia
• Swedish: armeniska (sv)
• Tagalog: wikang Armenyano
• Tajik: Забони арманӣ (Zaboni armanī)
• Tatar: әрмән теле (ärmän tele)
• Turkish: Ermenice (tr)
• Ukrainian: вірме́нська (uk) f (virménsʹka)
• Uyghur: ئەرمەن تىلى‎‎ (ermen tili)
• Yiddish: אַרמעניש‎‎ n (armenish)
• Zazaki: Ermeniki (Southern Zazaki), Hermeniki (Southern Zazaki), Armeniki (Southern Zazaki)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Armenian terms
• Appendix:Armenian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Armenian
• Appendix:Armenian script
• Armenian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Armenian people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Armenian edition of Wiktionary
• ISO 639-1 code hy, ISO 639-3 code hye
• Ethnologue entry for Armenian, hy

Anagrams

• Marianne

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Finnish

Proper noun

Armenian

1. Genitive singular form of Armenia.

Anagrams

• Anne-Mari, Marianne, armainen