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Armenian

Armenian

4.2
A person born in or from Armenia
  • noun
  • /ɑrˈmiːniən/
translation icon : armenio
  • The Armenian community in Los Angeles celebrates its heritage with a vibrant festival every year.

Kurdish nomadic tribes and irregular armed forces were involved in the murdering of the Armenians by allowing them to plunder their property.

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Examples

  • These were the Armenian people setting out for exile in the desert from which there was no return.

  • So they're going to deport the Armenians, you know, out of the Eastern Anatolia, where they lived in central Anatolia and Istanbul or, or Constantinople at the time.

  • I mean, just just making parallel the Turkish, Armenian and the Palestinian Jewish cases.

  • Do you think there's any truth to this report that some Armenian Christians are taking meat offerings?

  • You know, the, the Armenians are being killed and a genocide is happening in Armenia right now that happened and taught Hitler.

  • Many Armenians around the world preserve their unique traditions through music and dance.

  • An Armenian student shared her experiences about growing up in a multicultural neighborhood.

Compounds

A Christian church in Armenia that began around year 300 and keeps old traditions

A set of 38 letters that people use to write Armenian

An independent Christian church in Armenia founded around 300 AD

A language spoken mainly in Armenia and by people in nearby countries

An armed group that attacked to force Turkey to admit the Armenian Genocide, pay money, and give land to Armenia

Surface Forms

Armenian singular
Armenians plural

Morphology

Armenian = Armenia (transparent) = Armenia + an

The demonym/relational adjective is a straightforward derivation from the country name 'Armenia' using the productive suffix '-an'.

Etymology

Armenian comes from the country name Armenia, a name used long ago by Greek and Persian writers for the people who lived there. So an Armenian is simply a person from Armenia.