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Well, I would love to help with this, except that I don't know how to speak Armenian. Dx And I can't program either..

What needs to be made is an extremely comprehensive Eastern Armenian - English / English - Eastern Armenian dictionary. Sorry, I've not yet bought that dictionary, so still no review. I'll get it soon.

Oh yes, definitely. If it's as good as I think it is, I'll give a quick review once I've used it.

Well, I have a Japanese dictionary that is about 688 pages. It has 50,000 words. This dictionary is about 650 pages. At the very least, I estimate about 35,000 (depending on font size and definition length. The dictionary I have is only about 240 pages, and contains a measly 4,500 entries... nowhere near enough to even hold an intelligible conversation.

Sorry for the double post, but I finally found a dictionary. A comprehensive Armenian dictionary! I am overjoyed.

Perhaps you could provide a specific book title? I looked up Shirak, and didn't find much.

Seriously, I've looked everywhere. I can't find an Eastern Armenian dictionary that contains over 7,000 entries. What I want is a comprehensive Eastern Armenian dictionary, not a concise travel dictionary. Could anyone point me in the right direction on this..?

Ohh, thank you very much. That's very helpful. Perhaps if you had the rest of what he said, it would put it into context. Here's the rest of it (again, it's what I heard. Not necessarily correct): Yes ah hamper pasum e byts vorts mi banch e stats vets, yet e duk karogh ek 'Podcast' pat-ras-del, yes shat shat kuzanai lisel u sovarel dzez nez. Yes Hayeren lezun shat sirum em mia komevor vorsh mey-uresh Hye en e 'Podcast' mache-lichel, yes urakh e yapahovel ien inch vor pakasesh. Vordurakan arachal kutsunel lunag, yes tser imalin shats pasum em. And yes, I believe it was 'Podcast' chen', not 'Podcast chain'.

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I've recently learned how to say something in Armenian with near perfect fluidity and pronunciation. The problem is, I don't know some of the words, or how to spell them. The sentence, in transliterated Armenian, is: "Bolore dov ker kasumen vor Hayeren chem khosum yev haskanum, jistu yes Hye chem, byts iskakan Hye yev 'podcast chain' anum'. It's actually from an Eastern Armenian podcast, eh heh... But I figured that the message wasn't exclusive to the podcast. Disregarding 'Podcast chain', what do the other words mean? The words I need to know are Bolore dov ker kasumen jistu byts iskakan vor anum Forgive me if they're spelled wrong, I wrote it down as I heard it, so it's kind of in phonetic spelling. I basically just wanna know what the sentence means, and how each word breaks down to form the meaning. Again, sorry if this is the wrong place. (I'm probably embarrassing myself, but I need to know.)

Thanks, guys. Anoushik: No, it doesn't cost a whole lot. In fact, I can even trade a service (such as helping them transport materials for x amount of hours) for free clothing. Shahan: I don't live in the L.A. area, quite far from it, in fact. Florida, to be precise. Thanks anyway! To everyone: I really need a high-resolution image of the COA for the Rubenid Dynasty! This is what I'm talking about: http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j241/Dieste/RubenidCOA.gif It's going to be put on the front of my tabard that I wear over my armor, but that one is way too small, and any attempt to blow it up to a larger size leaves it pixelated and terrible looking. If anyone can blow it up and keep it nice and clean, or can find a larger CoA, I would be forever grateful!

True enough. I'm not even Armenian, nor do I have Armenian ancestry. I don't have a drop of Armenian blood in me, as far as I know, and I still wish to promote the Armenian culture in any way I can. I consider myself Unofficially Armenian.

Indeed, it is. Back on the topic at hand, though... Why is it so hard to find historically accurate images of Cilician clothing? On a related note, would anyone happen to have a high-resolution version of this? http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j241/Dieste/RubenidCOA.gif I plan to put it on the front of my tabard (surcoat worn over the top of your armor).

It is all spontaneous combat. No choreography whatsoever. See, we use rattan weapons; Rattan, because it's hard like a hardwood and just as strong, but because it's actually a grass, if it does break it will simply snap cleanly, so there are no sharp edges to stab someone with without realizing it. Yes, women fight just as much as the men. I've had the pleasure of fighting alongside women who can kick more arse than some men can! Women don't always fight, though. Often times, they can be combat archers (padded tip arrows), or they make clothing, chainmail, etc. There's really no limit to what you can do in the SCA. Here, take a look at this. This is a video of the Pennsic Wars, the single largest event in the entire SCA. Note: This battle is completely spontaneous. No choreography. We just run at each other and LAY ON!

Yes, I've seen those. They don't help me much, to be honest, but I thank you for your contribution nonetheless. Oh, and for those interested in the SCA, here's a quick demonstration of what I do: Heavy Armor Combat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWZaSp-fsY...ted&search=

Շնորհակալ եմ, Zartonk! These are very helpful, indeed. Especially the pictures at the end. EDIT: Would you happen to know the name of those hats? And the robes, do they have any specific name? I'd like to know, so I can track them down on the internet. Another thing, would the Cilicians have ever worn Persian boots (the kind with the upturned toe)?

Բարեւ, I am in the Society for Creative Anachronism (hereafter referred to as the SCA), an organisation that covers the entire of North America and most of Europe, which is devoted to 'living the life' of people from the middle-ages. We do heavy-armor combat, rapier fighting, armoring, clothes making, etc. as well as simply have fun playing our persona. For my persona, I've chosen a Cilician Armenian during the First Crusade. The problem is, I know little about the Cilicians. Could anyone here provide me with information about the Cilician lifestyle (clothing, mainly)? I was told that it is a lot like mainstream European, but with Persian influences. If that is so, specifically what kinds of things are influenced? Any information on this would be helpful to me. Շնորհակալութիւն, Jonathan (SCA name Aram Terjanian)

That would be fine. Ventrilo, Teamspeak, MSN? Choose thy weapon.

Hey, can anyone, or does anyone know where I can, talk with a microphone to others who speak Armenian? Perhaps a chatroom where it is spoken, or someone on the forums that has a microphone could talk to me to help with pronunciation and grammar. It would be a huge help. Thanks

Thanks. I don't know a bit of French, sorry. But I am already doing the Armeniapedia lessons. Thanks.

Hmm... now how did you get that? I thought there were specific suffixes for the word 'The' when applied to words. Thanks for that clarification. So, it's applied to words like 'Who, what, where, why, etc.'? I'm curious as to why the է came before 'the dog' in this sentence? I though that normally the word 'is' comes after the word being modified, such as in Իմ անունս Ճօնատհան է: (My name is Jonathan).

Okay, I wanted to check my sentence structure an spelling. Am I correct in the sentence 'Where is the dog?' Որտեղ շունը՞հ է:

Lol, well at least now I know what it actually is ('oo', not 'u').

Err, yeah.

One thing I would like to know is, how do the sounds ու become a 'u'?

Florida, in the southeast.