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And you didn’t answer my question (not that you have to). What are you going to do with 10+ million Turks? I can see that Esayan has even better appetites – “Wilsonian Armenia”. Now we are talking what – 30 million? If he settles one “Tashnag” and one “Hunchag” in every town in that area, both parties will run out of their members and there will still be hundreds of towns unsupervised.

No, TMNT, ridiculing you was not my intent. If it sounded like that, I apologise. You should get used to my tone – sometimes it will be too sarcastic for many, but I can’t help it. On the other hand, I’d like to see more responsible posts when it comes to numbers, dates, claims, etc. – after all, many people are reading these messages, besides you and I. And thank you for the “welcome”.

I like rich red wine with my lamb dishes.

Re title of this topic: “I am a Kurd!” Fine. In fact, I am impressed. But why the exclamation sign? Then comes the second part of the header (it gets even better): “Do you like Kurds”? What kind of stupid question is this? Is this on of those “blonds or brunettes?”, “vanilla or chocolate?” type questions? [Not to mention it is still unclear: who, in particular, was this question addressed to?]

Hahahahaha! Have Turks come up with a Latin name for their own species yet? If no, may I suggest it? How about Quasihomo turcus paranoicus?

TMNT: "90% of our historical Armenia" 90% ??!! Wow! You definitely can’t be accused of lack of imagination. And while you are in your megalomanic mood, why not just say “99%” and be done with it? Sounds better, doesn’t it? I’d love to see the maps of historical Armenia you are using. And your entire post begs the following question: assuming those lands are “returned” (which sounds like a dream of a comatose alcoholic), what are you planning to do with 10 million + Turks and Kurds living on it? (Just wondering).

“Mardasirakan” literally – “philanthropic”. It may also be translated as “humane” when referring to humans only. For example, it won’t be used in such phrases as “humane treatment of animals” – “mardkayin” is the word in such cases. “Mardkayin” also translates as “human” (adjective), depending on context. “Inhumane” = “anmardkayin”.

Tamar, like many "Armenian" Christian names, is a Hebrew name and word. Literally it means “palm tree”, in Hebrew. It is first mentioned in the Bible (Genesis, 38:6), as Judah’s daughter-in-law, and numerous times thereafter.

Hahahaha!! But no, it's actually "trub". An exanple: "trubi rezben sarvat a"

Harut is correct, The closest English word to "asmunk" would be "declamation". There is no "hoospunk" or "hoosbunk". "Hoozmunk", perhaps?

Hayeren vorosh barbarnerum "poghots" bar@ nshanakum e "zugaran", "artaknots" - inch@, iharke, aknarkum e "tsak", "pogh".

Yes, փողոց is a derivative of փող

These two words are synonymous and are generally interchangeable, but not always, depending on the context and specific usage. For example, you won’t use հրացանի խողովակ /hratsani khoghovak/ - the right phrase will be հրացանի փող /hratsani pogh/ (“shotgun barrel”). The same goes to English – “shotgun pipe” is not well said. Reverse example: ջրմուղի խողովակ /jrmughi khoghovak/ ("water pipe"), but not - ջրմուղի փող /jrmughi pogh/.

This should be interesting. I am looking into the first edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, First Edition, 1771. Entry Armenia reads: “a large country of Asia, comprehending Turcomania and part of Persia”. So much for 18 century geography. In the entry titled Armenians, the Ecyclopaedia claims that Armenians “are much addicted to fasting”. Hmmm…

OK. But I must ask you for a favour, Armen, before we continue. Right now I am not in debating mode. Let’s leave it for another time, and I will gladly explain why your question was irrelevant. Deal? Anyway, it is a great pleasure to meet you guys here. Hopefully, we’ll get acquainted better in the future, in this forum. Right now I am in Sayat Nova music world – which negates disputes, by default. Աշխարումըս իմը դուն իս, Բեմուրվաթ իս, մուրվաթ չունիս... ... One of my favourites.

The answer is no. But your question was irrelevant, at least.

Oh! I see. “Morality” as in “morals”? If so, then here is a valid question: whose “morals”? Yours or mine? Or, perhaps, there is such a thing as “universal morality”, which I somehow missed? Since it’s a known fact that “morality” is a subjective term, I’ll refrain from discussing it any further; it also came to my attention that many of you here are too moralistic, for my tastes. Back to the topic. I still insist that humans are genocidal by nature. That’s how we evolved; you may call it “immoral”, “amoral”, “un-Christian”, “bad”, whatever – but that’s how it is. We – homo sapiens – kill our enemies (sometimes en masse), when we, as a group, perceive them as a threat to our own group’s survival. That’s normal. Your turn, Sir.

Կենացները քաղցրանում են

Someone in this thread raised the question of etymology of Armenian word պանիր /panir/ (“cheese”). Undoubtedly, it is a borrowed word from Middle Persian (Pahlavi) panir (“cheese”), which, in turn, is cognate to Old Persian (Awestan) paeman (“milk”). Origin of the latter is not known – many linguists suggest it may either have non-Indo-European origin or is derived from another root, not associated with proto-IE word for “milk”. Loss of the original Armenian word for “cheese” is one of those “hard-to-live-with” cases in the realities of modern Armenian language, comparable to absence of such “simple” words as “red”, “white”, “man”, “shoe”, “thousand”, etc. (All these Armenian words, like thousands of others, are borrowings from Persian – and thank Mashtots for this). There was another question here: are there Armenian words in Persian? Yes, there are some. Off the top of my head I can think of լավաշ /lavash/, and there are more – I have to remember, or to look up.

Well, welcome to planet Earth, Nakharar. FACT: Humans are genocidal by nature. CONCLUSION: Do your best to survive as a nation, or whatever you want to call your group. And stop whining. Look around: who really cares? And, while we’re at it – who should care, and why? I always wanted to hear a rationalized answer to this question, and still haven’t heard one. Darfur, Marfur..., Tutsi, Mutsi...

TEST Բարե՜վ, բարե՜վ, Կարմի՜ր արև: Շատ շնորհակալ եմ, Էդվարդ ջան: Թեև սա էլ ջանքեր է պահանջում, բայց, ինչպես ասում են՝ հեչից լավ ա:

Barevner bolorid. Patahabar gta es forume, shat hetakrkir nyuter en shoshapvum. Karogh e voreve meke batsatrel, te inchpes kareli e grel ughghakioren hayeren tpatarov, arants "Show Translit" mijotsn ogtagortselu? Bolor pordzers arajzhm apardyun en.

What about ''hetch''? "hech" - Azeri word, often used in colloquial Eastern Armenian. Means "voch". Examples: Arm. "voch voki" ("draw" in a game) - Az. "hech-hecha"; "vochinch" ("nothing") - Az. "hech ne", etc.