Armenian


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Ar·me·ni·an

 (är-mē′nē-ən, -mēn′yən)
adj.
Of or relating to Armenia or its people, language, or culture.
n.
1.
a. A native or inhabitant of Armenia.
b. A person of Armenian ancestry.
2. The Indo-European language of the Armenians.
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Armenian

(ɑːˈmiːnɪən)
n
1. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
2. (Languages) the language of the Armenians: an Indo-European language probably belonging to the Thraco-Phrygian branch, but containing many non-Indo-European elements
3. (Christian Churches, other) an adherent of the Armenian Church or its doctrines
adj
4. (Placename) of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, their language, or the Armenian Church
5. (Peoples) of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, their language, or the Armenian Church
6. (Languages) of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, their language, or the Armenian Church
7. (Christian Churches, other) of or relating to Armenia, its inhabitants, their language, or the Armenian Church
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Ar•me•ni•an

(ɑrˈmi ni ən, -ˈmin yən)

n.
1. a member of a people native to Armenia, now living in many countries of the world.
2. the Indo-European language of the Armenians. Abbr.: Arm
adj.
3. of or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenians, or their language.
[1710–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Armenian - a native or inhabitant of ArmeniaArmenian - a native or inhabitant of Armenia  
Armenia, Hayastan, Republic of Armenia - a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors
Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
2.Armenian - the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan
Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
3.Armenian - a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written
alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Adj.1.Armenian - of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of ArmeniaArmenian - of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of Armenia
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Translations
arménskýarménštinaArmén
armenierarmensk
armeenlane
ارمنی
armeniaarmenialainenarmenian kieli
आर्मेनियन
Armenacarmenskiarmenski jezikArmenka
アルメニアのアルメニア人アルメニア語
아르메니아 사람아르메니아어아르메니아의
armėniškaarmėniškasarmėnųarmėnų kalba
armenierarmeniskarmeniska
เกี่ยวกับประเทศอาร์มีเนียชาวอาร์มีเนียภาษาอาร์มีเนีย
người Armeniathuộc nước/người/tiếng Armeniatiếng Armenia

Armenian

[ɑːˈmiːnɪən]
A. ADJarmenio
B. N
1. (= person) → armenio/a m/f
2. (Ling) → armenio m
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Armenian

[ɑːrˈmiːniən]
adjarménien(ne)
n
(= person) → Arménien(ne) m/f
(= language) → arménien m
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Armenian

adjarmenisch
n
(= person)Armenier(in) m(f)
(= language)Armenisch nt
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Armenian

[ɑːˈmiːnɪən]
1. adjarmeno/a
2. n (person) → armeno/a; (language) → armeno
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Armenian

أَرْمِنيّ, اللغة الأرمنية Armén, arménský, arménština armenier, armensk Armenier, armenisch Αρμενικά, αρμενικός, Αρμένιος armenio armenia, armenialainen Arménien Armenac, armenski armeno アルメニアの, アルメニア人, アルメニア語 아르메니아 사람, 아르메니아어, 아르메니아의 Armeen, Armeens armener, armensk Armeńczyk, język armeński, ormiański arménio, armênio армянин, армянский, армянский язык armenier, armenisk, armeniska เกี่ยวกับประเทศอาร์มีเนีย, ชาวอาร์มีเนีย, ภาษาอาร์มีเนีย Ermeni, Ermenice người Armenia, thuộc nước/người/tiếng Armenia, tiếng Armenia 亚美尼亚人, 亚美尼亚的, 亚美尼亚语
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Involuntarily he noticed a Georgian or Armenian family consisting of a very handsome old man of Oriental type, wearing a new, cloth-covered, sheepskin coat and new boots, an old woman of similar type, and a young woman.
As for the wonders of Bombay its famous city hall, its splendid library, its forts and docks, its bazaars, mosques, synagogues, its Armenian churches, and the noble pagoda on Malabar Hill, with its two polygonal towers-- he cared not a straw to see them.
Such was the Sonray country, with its villages topped with roofs turned over like Armenian caps.
When Tigranes the Armenian, being encamped upon a hill with four hundred thousand men, discovered the army of the Romans, being not above fourteen thousand, marching towards him, he made himself merry with it, and said, Yonder men are too many for an embassage, and too few for a fight.
"But yourself?" spoke up the fourth man, a huge-bulking, colossal- bodied, greasy-seeming grossness of flesh--the Armenian Jew and San Francisco pawnbroker the previous steward had warned Daughtry about.
The Jew, with trembling hands, undid the folds of his Armenian cap, in which he had deposited the Prior's tablets for the greater security, and was about to approach, with hand extended and body crouched, to place it within the reach of his grim interrogator.
Greek, Turkish and Armenian morals consist only in attending church regularly on the appointed Sabbaths, and in breaking the ten commandments all the balance of the week.
are you sure it is true?"--"Yes," says he; "I met this morning in the street an old acquaintance of mine, an Armenian, who is among them.
Think I can wait here all day!" Romance!--I reckon the nearest I ever come to it was when a drunken Armenian cook got the snakes and tried to cut my throat with a potato knife and I got my arm burned on the stove before I could lay him out with the potato stomper.
Unless his devoted toil was to be wasted for ever, his successor must have some knowledge of Arabic, but I had studied Oriental languages at the Armenian Convent.
I was taken to the slave-market, and was purchased by a rich Armenian. He caused me to be instructed, gave me masters, and when I was thirteen years of age he sold me to the Sultan Mahmood."
We will apply to your loins the great defensive composed of cerate, Armenian bole, white of egg, oil, and vinegar.

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