Arpa Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 This was originally Jacques Chirac.... under the topic of Genocide. I moved it to Language. You will se why. Yes, of course he is Armenian. Unfortunately we also have our Kevork Aboosh. Boghos TUSHAY!!! Very good Boghos.You made me LOL. Very clever.It took me a while but I finally deciphered it.The reason why I spelled "tushay" with a u just as you spelled the u with oo.A-poosh or a-Bush, I would take "georg" the farmer anytime compared to some other city slicker(s). I say "farmer" since "georg" does actually mean that from the Greek geo=earth and erg=work(er). Which brings us back to the discussion we've been having in the Language forum. One of the reasons it took me longer to decipher was that you spelled it in the Istanbul orthography (Kevork) while, as you can see, the proper spelling in Armenian would be "georg", the "v" sound in the middle is beacuse we erroneously pronounce the Armenian "n/o" as vo which was never intended. This gives me the clue as to why we do it, we probably used to pronounce "georg" as "geworg" and since we lost the "w" sound, or rather were influenced by our neighbors like the Persians, Turks and others who do not have the "w" sound", we also ended up losing it. Yes, we did have the "w" once, it was expressed by the "u/hyun" letter as in "kou/cow" which now has become "kov".Boghos, did you know that "Poghos/Polos/Paulus/Paulos/Paul means small/little? One of the reasons why Saul was later renamed Paul (the Apostle). He was of small stature, besides he hellenized an otherwise Judaic name when he converted. This phenomenon can be observed in the Armenian language as in some dialects (kilikian) poloz/boloz/polos means child, little one, but more so even in modern Greek you will notice that many surnames end in -poulos to denote "the little one of", i.e. Spiro-poulos would mean the little one/son/child of Spiro. I am not "pouling" your leg even though you did with your Kevork Aboosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghos Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Hello dear Arpa, I knew about Boghos, and to tell you the truth I was not thrilled when I discovered it, but not disappointed either. Better than be called Claudius, or Claudio, Claude, etc, isn't it ?My paternal grandfather was called Yeprem, another interesting name from an ethymological/historical perspective. Do you remember what Baronian said about "Giragos" ? [ April 10, 2002, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: Boghos ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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