With over 9,000 total entries, this concise, easy-to-use dictionary features eastern Armenian dialect, phonetic pronunciation for each language, and is ideal for the student and traveler. --
Western Armenian is the language spoken by most of the seven million Diaspora Armenians who live outside their historic homeland. Its speakers form the majority of Armenians in the United States and the Middle East. Armenian is written in its own unique script, but it is presented here in a Romanized, easy-to-use form for instant communication. In addition to a pronunciation guide, included are a resourceful two-way dictionary containing more than 4,000 entries, an informative grammar section, and a collection of travel-oriented phrases. Observations related to Armenian culture are interspersed throughout the phrasebook. There is also a brief history of the Armenian people and Diaspora.
Although the dictionary's primary audience is the speaker unfamiliar with Armenian script, it also aims to serve a second audience, to which nearly all Western Armenian speakers belong, even the quite literate; namely, those who know how a word is pronounced, but are unsure how it is spelled. It is, in this way, a dictionary in transliteration and a speller's dictionary in one.
Acclaimed by Armenian Academics, this Wallenberg Dictionary has led the way in bilingual lexicography for many years. It has proven to be a reliable dictionary for both English and Armenian speakers, in language schools in modern Armenia. The new edition is expanded with over 650 pages of definitions making this dictionary a comprehensive authority on the Armenian language. True to form, Simon Wallenberg's editors have carried forward Grigo Chyukyurian's work and have lived up to their tradition of creating some of the most widely used and respected dictionaries and reference books in the world. Definitions continue to be organized around the "core" meanings that is, "the one that represents the most literal use that the word has in ordinary modern Armenian usage. The dictionary is ideal for person looking for a quick answer while on a business trip as well for journalists and writers for whom it makes the perfect desktop companion. Language is now studied in the context of its culture, so there is a brand-new introduction giving lively and useful information on life in the Armenian-speaking world - Armenian, History Art and Culture, and the Armenian struggle for nationhood. Portable, compact, and affordable, this Armenian Dictionary is ideal for school, the office, and lower university level The dictionary has been revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary. Words are tools for life and the Wallenberg dictionaries make them work for you.
This 3,000-word bilingual dictionary offers essential vocabulary, while the 32-chapter phrase book helps travelers deal with topics such as shopping, travel, and healthcare. This book also includes a concise grammar and pronunciation section.
Translated into "Hello Sun", this book's simple rhyming technique enables the little ones to learn Armenian vocabulary words easily while enjoying the eye-catching illustrations. Whether you want to teach a child Armenian or just need a book to enjoy with your little ones, this book is sure to hold a special place in your family's library.
This grammar of Modern Eastern Armenian gives a precise and explicit description of the Eastern Armenian language of the Republic of Armenia. It covers not only the normative tradition but, more importantly, also describes the colloquial language as it is used in Armenia today. With regard to methodological approach and terminology it fully meets the demands of modern general linguistics and typology. This grammar will be of interest not only to the specialised readership of descriptive and comparative linguists, of typologists and of armenologists, but to all those who would like to acquaint themselves with linguistic data from living Armenian. It will also be of use to students wishing to learn Modern Eastern Armenian and to lecturers in Modern Eastern Armenian language courses.
Amid ethnic violence, political corruption, and petty professional intrigue, an artist tries to live free of lies. Set during the last years of the Soviet Union, Stone Dreams tells the story of Azerbaijani actor Sadai Sadygly, who lands in a Baku hospital while trying to protect an elderly Armenian man from a gang of young Azerbaijanis. Something of a modern-day Don Quixote, Sadai has long battled the hatred and corruption he observes in contemporary Azerbaijani society. Wandering in and out of consciousness, he revisits his hometown, the ancient village of Aylis, where Christian Armenians and Muslim Azeris once lived peacefully together, and dreams of making a pilgrimage of atonement to Armenia. Stone Dreams is a searing, painful meditation on the ability of art and artists—of individual human beings—to make change in the world.