Ani Saratikyan - Hovsep Abovyants and his water construction activities
8 Pages | 232-240 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2023.2-232 | Revceived on: 2023-01-11 | Reviewed on: 2023-01-14 | Accepted for printing on: 2023-06-19
Published in: 2023 N 2 (223) / Archaeology
In the XIX-XX centuries, active water construction works were carried out on the territory of Armenia. An important part of this process was the territory of the current Tavush marz. Educated specialists, one of whom was Hovsep Abovyants, made a great contribution to the construction of reservoirs, springs and irrigation systems in the region. We are informed about the details of this construction works and current costs from his handwritten diary.
KeywordsHovsep Abovyants Tavush Koti Barekamavan Alaverdi family archive diary memorial wellspring well road construction.
Narine Dilbaryan - Words of Iranian origin for the concept of “Home, Dwelling” in the work “History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi
13 Pages | 136-149 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.1-136 | Revceived on: 2024-11-22 | Reviewed on: 2024-12-10 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-03-27
Published in: 2025 N 1 (228) / Linguistics
The basic units of the ancient Armenian, which express the concept of “home, dwelling” are characteristic of all phases of the development of the literary Armenian language. In other words, these are common Armenian words passed into the modern literary language and dialects from the classical Armenian language. Most of the words related to the concept of “home, dwelling” are simple roots used in the formation of word combinations. Statistically, the most significant group consists of words with suffixes, followed by compound words.
Keywordsthe concept of “home dwelling” world view cultural interaction Iranian borrowings etymology semantics word formation.