Arpa Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 (edited) ՈՒԽՏ ԵՐԴՈՒՄ ԽՕՍՏՈՒՄ Of late the word pilgrimage has been used in many contexts.Pledge Oath PromiseHere we spoke about Ughtasar;http://www.armeniapedia.org/images/a/a7/Ughtasar_lake-dcp6220.jpgIn the Yerevan Russo-Slav transliteration it will be written uxtasar** where we dont know if they mean ՈՒԽՏԱՍԱՐ/Pilgrimage Summit or ՈՒՂՏԱՍԱՐCamel Summit. There may be a method to this madness. Look at the picture above.http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Ughtasar_Petroglyphs http://hyeforum.com/index.php?app=core&module=search§ion=search&do=quick_search&search_app=core&fromsearch=1 Of late the word is used daily. We have talked about Ուխտագնացում/ Pilgrimage here;http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=4611&st=0&p=36349&hl=pilgrimage&fromsearch=1entry36349From the Armatakan;ՈՒԽՏ- Հաստատ խօսք, հաստատ առաջադրութիւն, դաշն պայման.The monograph goes further to say that the word is also found in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit as UXT. See here the Arabo-Persian aht عهد Some others use that word to mean promise.At times we also call the Testaments as Հին Ուխտ, Նոր Ուխտ.See what they call the New Testament, Նոր Կտակարան "عهد جدیدAht Jedid The ridiculous. I have seen some who pledge to not cut the hair of their male children until it is done in Jerusalem. One wonders what those gender confused boys grow up to be? Above- respectively. Firm word/promise, firm suggestion, alliance.At one time, aside from the pilgrimages to Jerusalem we also did at sites of the likes below***. Մշո Առաքելոց և Սուրբ Կարապետի վանքեր.Immortalized by Barsegh Kanachians masterpiece oratorio NANOR**** (I wish I could find sample audio-video of it. Where it goes chngli zim mour\az@s tour, zim srti sirti sirats@ tour while changli means full of church bells some have interpreted it as chengelli. (chengel is some peoples interpretation of jungle.Yestertimes.http://akunq.net/am/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/jpg182http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/small/34926611.jpghttp://pics.livejournal.com/noni_no/pic/0000zkyg/s320x240Today.http://www.imegaservice.com/modules/westarm/images/12324511020.jpgThe best known pilgrimage was to Jerusalem. And those who did and received a tattoo would be known as haji. Is this the origin of pilgrimage? The Three Magi;http://76.163.178.94/images/dreamstime_1120768magi-star.jpgDefinition of PILGRIM: one who journeys in foreign lands : wayfarer one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620 Examples of PILGRIMThousands of Muslim pilgrims traveled to Mecca.Origin of PILGRIMMiddle English, from Anglo-French pelerin, pilegrin, from Late Latin pelegrinus, alteration of Latin peregrinus foreigner, from peregrinus, adjective, foreign, from peregri abroad, from per through + agr-, ager land more at for, acre **It is obvious that many of us dont know the difference between Խ and Ղ as in xaxox. Btw, one our teachers of Armenian who spoke with a thick Kharberd accent, during a class of orthography/ուղղագրութիւն said ուղղագրութիւն երկու ԽԱՏ(sounded like khat) . We did not understand and proceeded to write the word with one Ղ. Only after a while we realized that she meant երկու ՂԱՏ (ghat). She would also pronounce the grape as խախոխ. She was also an unabashed lover of her compatriot Համաստեղ Hamastegh that she pronounced as Համաստեխ/ Hamastekh.***In Marash the main pilgrimage site was taksaraqol, I.e Thaddeus/Թատթէոս Արաքել/ Արաքեալ.Getting back to the meaning of pledge see the Pledge of Allegiance.The Pledge of AllegianceI Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,one Nation under God,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.BTW. The phrase under God was not in the original version. It was later added- Addition of the words "under God"Louis A. Bowman (1872-1959) was the first to initiate the addition of "under God" to the Pledge.Shall we re-amend that phrase and add under allah, under jehovah, under mormon, under buddha , under khoda?Allegiance=loyalty=հաւատարմանք.****Since then many Armenians girls were named NANOR. Did Barsegh name his oratorio for a daughter of his? I cant find the meaning and origin of the name NANOR. Is it a combination of Nane and oror? Speaking of oath-promise-pledge, does anyone remember the Pledge of Allegiance of the Armenian Scouts that goes something like this- Պատւոյս վրայ կերդնում ըլլալ հաւատարիմ Աստուծոյ… which seems to be a translation from the English.--An aside. Who remembers ? I can barely remember. I have forgotten who had written it or the story. “Ուխտագնացութիւն Դէպի Քելվահար”Note “քելվահար”. Substitute the ՎV with ԲB and the J with Յ Հ and see what you get. “kelbajar”??? Edited September 24, 2010 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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