armenian
armenian Lexical Profile
• adjective
Relating to Armenia, its people, its culture, or its language.
"The museum hosted a special exhibition showcasing medieval Armenian illuminated manuscripts."
• noun
A native or inhabitant of Armenia, or a person of Armenian descent.
"Many Armenians living in the global diaspora maintain strong cultural ties to their ancestral homeland."
An independent branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in Armenia and by the Armenian diaspora, written in its own distinctive alphabet devised in the early 5th century CE.
"She enrolled in a university course to learn how to read and write classical Armenian."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'Armenius' and Ancient Greek 'Armenios', which in turn come from the Old Persian exonym 'Armina', first attested in the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great in the 6th century BCE.
Usage Trend
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