Armenian

See also: armenian

English

Alternative forms

• Arm. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Armenia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːniən

Adjective

Armenian (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: Armenic

   • 2005, Donald Bloxham, The Great Game of Genocide‎^[1], New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 April 2023, page 44:

     Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness.

Derived terms

• Armenian Apostolic Church
• Armenian blackberry
• Armenian blue
• Armenian bole
• Armenian Catholic
• Armenian Catholic Church
• Armenian chrome
• Armenian Church
• Armenian cracker bread
• Armenian cucumber
• Armenian disease
• Armenian dogbane
• Armenian elm
• Armenian hamster
• Armenian Highland
• Armenianize
• Armenian khramulya
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
• Armenian lizard
• Armenian marsh-mallow
• Armenian mountain catfish
• Armenianness
• Armenian Question
• Armenian red
• Armenian rite
• Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
• Armenian SSR
• Armenian stone
• Armenian sweatweed
• Armenian viper
• Armenification
• armo
• ArmSCII
• Pan-Armenian

Translations

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

• Abkhaz: аерман (ajerman), аермантә (ajermantʷʼ)
• Afrikaans: Armeens (af), Armenies
• Albanian: armen (sq) m, armene f
• Arabic: أَرْمَنِيّ (ʔarmaniyy) (ethnicity), أَرْمِينِيّ (ʔarmīniyy) (nationality)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܪܡܢܝܐ (ʾarmnāyā)

• Armenian: հայկական (hy) (haykakan), հայ (hy) (hay)

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

• Aromanian: armenescu m, armeneascã f, ermenescu m, ermeneascã f, armen m, armenã f, ermen m, ermenã f
• Asturian: armeniu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: erməni (az)
• Bashkir: әрмән (ärmän)
• Basque: armeniar
• Belarusian: армя́нскі (armjánski)
• Bengali: আর্মেনীয় (bn) (armeniẏo)
• Bulgarian: арме́нски (arménski)
• Burmese: အာမေးနီးယား (ame:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: armeni (ca)
• Chechen: эрмалойн (ermalojn)
• Chinese:

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

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni
• Czech: arménský (cs)
• Danish: armenisk
• Dutch: Armeens (nl)
• Esperanto: armena (eo)
• Estonian: armeenia
• Faroese: armenskur
• Finnish: armenialainen (fi)
• French: arménien (fr)
• Gagauz: ermeni
• Galician: armenio (gl)
• Georgian: სომხური (ka) (somxuri)
• German: armenisch (de)
• Greek: αρμενικός (el) (armenikós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένιος (Arménios)

• Hebrew: אַרְמֶנִי m (arméni), אַרְמֶנִית f (arménit)
• Hindi: आर्मीनियाई (hi) (ārmīniyāī), आर्मेनियाई (hi) (ārmeniyāī)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: armenskur (is)
• Ingush: эрмалой (ermaloj)
• Irish: Airméanach
• Italian: armeno (it)
• Japanese: アルメニアの (ja) (Arumenia no)
• Kalmyk: эрмәль (ermälʹ)
• Kazakh: армян (armyan)
• Khmer: អាមេនី (km) (ʼaameinii)
• Korean: 아르메니아의 (ko) (Areumenia-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرمەنی (ermenî)

  Northern Kurdish: ermenî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: армян (armyan)
• Ladino: armeno, ermeni
• Lao: ອາມິເນຍ (ʼā mi nīa)
• Latvian: armēņu, armēnisks
• Laz: sumexi
• Lithuanian: armėniškas (lt), armėnų (lt)
• Macedonian: ерменски (ermenski)
• Malay: Armenia (ms)
• Maltese: Armenjan
• Mingrelian: სომეხური (somexuri)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: армен (armen)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armensk (no)

  Nynorsk: armensk (nn)

• Occitan: armèni (oc)
• Old Norse: ermskr
• Ossetian:

  Digor Ossetian: сомехаг (somexag)

  Iron Ossetian: сомихаг (somixag)

• Pashto: ارمني (armaní)
• Persian: ارمنی (fa) (armani)
• Polish: ormiański (pl) m; (pertaining to Armenia) armeński (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: armênio (pt)

  European Portuguese: arménio (pt)

• Romanian: armean (ro) m, armeană (ro) f, armenesc (ro) m, armenească f
• Russian: армя́нский (ru) (armjánskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Airmeineach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀рме̄нскӣ

  Latin: àrmēnskī (sh)

• Slovak: arménsky (sk)
• Slovene: armenski (sl)
• Spanish: armenio (es)
• Swedish: armenisk (sv)
• Tagalog: Armenyo (tl)
• Tajik: арманӣ (tg) (armani)
• Tatar: әрмәни (ärmäni)
• Thai: อาร์มีเนีย (th) (aa-mii-niia)
• Turkish: Ermeni (tr)
• Turkmen: ermeni
• Ukrainian: вірме́нський (uk) (virménsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: ئەرمەن (ermen)
• Uzbek: arman (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ác-mê-ni-a
• Yiddish: אַרמעניש (armenish)

Noun

Armenian (plural Armenians)

2. A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.
   • 2005, Donald Bloxham, The Great Game of Genocide‎^[2], New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 10 April 2023, page 44:

     The Armenians were led in turn, however, by a politicized vanguard often living cosmopolitan, urban lives remote from rural eastern Anatolia

Translations

person

• Abkhaz: аерманы (ajermanə), ашәамахь (aŝʷamaxʲ)
• Afrikaans: Armeen, Armeniër
• Albanian: armen (sq) m, armene f
• Arabic: أَرْمَنِيّ m (ʔarmaniyy), أَرْمَنِيَّة (ar) f (ʔarmaniyya)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հայ (hy) (hay)

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

• Aromanian: armen m, armenã f, ermen m, ermenã f
• Asturian: armeniu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: erməni (az)
• Bashkir: әрмән (ärmän)
• Basque: armeniar
• Belarusian: армяні́н m (armjanín), армя́нка f (armjánka)
• Bulgarian: арме́нец m (arménec), арме́нка f (arménka), арме́нче n (arménče)
• Catalan: armeni (ca) m, armènia (ca)
• Chechen: эрмало (ermalo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞人 / 亚美尼亚人 (zh) (yàměiníyàrén)

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni
• Czech: Armén (cs) m, Arménec m, Arménka (cs) f
• Danish: armenier (da) c
• Dutch: Armeniër (nl) m, Armeense (nl) f, Armeen (nl) m
• Esperanto: armeno
• Estonian: armeenlane (et)
• Faroese: armeni m
• Finnish: armenialainen (fi)
• French: Arménien (fr) m, Arménienne (fr) f
• Galician: armenio (gl) m
• Georgian: სომეხი (ka) (somexi)
• German: Armenier (de) m, Armenierin (de) f
• Greek: Αρμένιος (el) m (Arménios), Αρμένια (el) f (Arménia), Αρμένης (el) m (Arménis), Αρμένισσα (el) f (Arménissa), Αρμενίδα (el) f (Armenída)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένιος m (Arménios)

• Hebrew: אַרְמֶנִי m (arméni), אַרְמֶנִית f (arménit)
• Hindi: आर्मीनियाई (hi) m or f (ārmīniyāī), आर्मेनियाई (hi) m or f (ārmeniyāī)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: Armeníumaður m, Armeníukona f, Armeníumenn pl, Armeni m, Armenar m pl
• Ingush: эрмало (ermalo)
• Irish: Airméanach m
• Italian: armeno (it) m, armena (it) f
• Japanese: アルメニア人 (ja) (アルメニアじん, arumeniajin)
• Kazakh: армян (armyan)
• Khmer: អាមេនី (km) (ʼaameinii)
• Korean: 아르메니아인 (ko) (areumeniain), 아르메니아 사람 (areumenia saram)
• Kurdish:

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

  Northern Kurdish: ermenî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: армян (armyan), армянин (armyanin)
• Latvian: armēnis m, armēniete f
• Lithuanian: armėnas (lt) m, armėnė (lt) f, armėnai (lt) m pl, armėnės f pl
• Macedonian: Ерменец m (Ermenec), Ерменка f (Ermenka)
• Malay: orang Armenia
• Maltese: Armenjan m, Armenjana f, Armenjani pl
• Mingrelian: სომეხი (somexi)
• Norwegian:

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

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

• Occitan: armèni (oc) m
• Ossetian:

  Digor Ossetian: сомехаг (somexag)

  Iron Ossetian: сомихаг (somixag)

• Pannonian Rusyn: Єрмен m (Jermen) (Serbia), Єрменка f (Jermenka) (Serbia)
• Pashto: ارمني m or f (armaní)
• Persian: ارمنی (fa) (armani), ارمن (arman)

  Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴𐎹 (a-r-mi-i-n-y /⁠Arminiya⁠/)

• Polish: (nationality) Ormianin (pl) m pers, Ormianka (pl); (citizenship) Armeńczyk (pl) m pers, Armenka (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: armênio (pt) m, armênia f

  European Portuguese: arménio (pt) m, arménia f

• 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:

  Cyrillic: Арме́нац m, А̀рме̄нка f

  Latin: Arménac (sh) m, Àrmēnka f

• Slovak: Armén (sk) m, Arménka (sk) f
• Slovene: Armenec (sl) m, Armenka f
• Spanish: armenio (es) m, armenia (es) f
• Swahili: Mwarmenia (sw) class 1/2
• Swedish: armenier (sv) c
• Tagalog: Armenyo (tl)
• Tajik: арманӣ (tg) (armani)
• Tatar: әрмән (tt) (ärmän)
• Thai: คนอาร์มีเนีย (kon aa-mii-niia)
• Turkish: Ermeni (tr), Ermenistanlı
• Turkmen: ermen
• Ubykh: арман (arman), ермели (ermeli)
• Ukrainian: вірмени́н (uk) m (virmenýn), вірме́нка f (virménka)
• Uyghur: ئەرمەن (ermen)
• Uzbek: arman (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Ác-mê-ni-a
• Yiddish: אַרמענער m (armener) (man)

Proper noun

Armenian

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

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

Translations

language

• Abkhaz: аерманы бызшәа (ajermanə bəzŝʷa)
• Afrikaans: Armeens (af), Armenies
• Albanian: armenisht (sq), armenishte (sq), gjuha armene f
• Amharic: አርሜንኛ (am) (ʾärmenña)
• Arabic: الأَرْمَنِيَّة f (al-ʔarmaniyya), اللُّغَة الأَرْمَنِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-ʔarmaniyya), أَرْمَنِيّ m (ʔarmaniyy) (colloquial)
• Armenian: հայերեն (hy) (hayeren)

  Old Armenian: հայերէն (hayerēn)

• Aromanian: limba armeneascã f, limba armenã f, armenã f, armeneashti (adverb), limba ermeneascã f, limba ermenã f, ermenã f, ermeneashti (adverb)
• Asturian: armeniu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: erməni dili
• Basque: armeniera (eu)
• Belarusian: армя́нская мо́ва f (armjánskaja móva)
• Bengali: আর্মেনীয় (bn) (armeniẏo)
• Bulgarian: арме́нски m (arménski)
• Catalan: armeni (ca) m
• Chechen: эрмалойн мотт (ermalojn mott)
• Cherokee: ᎠᎳᎻᎠᏂ (alamiani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞美尼亞語 / 亚美尼亚语 (zh) (yàměiníyàyǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: ermeni tili
• Czech: arménština (cs) f
• Danish: armensk (da) n
• Dutch: Armeens (nl) n
• Esperanto: armena (eo)
• 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: αρμενική (el) (armenikí)
• Gujarati: આર્મેનિયન (gu) (ārmeniyan)
• Hebrew: אַרְמֶנִית f (arménit)
• Hindi: आर्मेनियन (hi) (ārmeniyan), अर्मेनियाई (armeniyāī), आर्मीनियाई (hi) f (ārmīniyāī), आर्मेनियाई (hi) f (ārmeniyāī)
• Hungarian: örmény (hu)
• Icelandic: armenska (is)
• Ingush: эрмалой мотт (ermaloj mott)
• Irish: Airméinis f
• Italian: armeno (it) m
• Japanese: アルメニア語 (ja) (アルメニアご, arumeniago)
• Khmer: អាមេនី (km) (ʼaameinii)
• Korean: 아르메니아어 (ko) (areumenia'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەرمەنی (ermenî)

  Northern Kurdish: ermenî (ku)

• Latvian: armēņu valoda f, armēņu
• Lithuanian: armėnų (lt), armėnų kalba (lt) f
• Malay: bahasa Armenia
• Maltese: L-Armenjan
• Mingrelian: სომეხური ნინა (somexuri nina)
• Navajo: Aooméénii bizaad
• Nepali: आर्मेनीयन (ārmenīyan​)
• Norman: Arménien m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: armensk (no) m

  Nynorsk: armensk (nn) m

• Occitan: armèni (oc) m
• Ossetian:

  Digor Ossetian: сомехаг ӕвзаг (somexag ævzag)

  Iron Ossetian: сомихаг ӕвзаг (somixag ævzag)

• Persian: ارمنی (fa) (armani)
• Polish: ormiański (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: armênio (pt) m

  European Portuguese: arménio (pt) m

• Romanian: armeană (ro) f, limba armeană, limba armenească, armenește (ro) (adverbially)
• Russian: армя́нский язы́к m (armjánskij jazýk)
• Scots: Armenie, Armenian
• Scottish Gaelic: Airmeinis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀рме̄нскӣ m

  Latin: àrmēnskī (sh) m

• Slovak: arménčina (sk) f
• Slovene: armenščina (sl) f
• Spanish: armenio (es) m
• Swahili: Kiarmenia
• Swedish: armeniska (sv)
• Tagalog: Armenyo (tl), wikang Armenyo
• Tajik: забони арманӣ (zabon-i armani)
• Tatar: әрмән теле (ärmän tele)
• Turkish: Ermenice (tr)
• Ubykh: арманбза (armanbza)
• 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 (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Armenian, hye ⁠

Anagrams

• Marianne

Finnish

Proper noun

Armenian

1. genitive singular of Armenia

Anagrams

• Anne-Mari, Marianne, armainen