Origins of the name Yerevan

[NaiNoriTatiA]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Yerevan was a Turkish city. Original name is Erivan.

HMMM...I wonder where you read that , because that defenatly aint true!!!!

[oyuncu]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

While my ancestors were the merchants of the Mediterranean, yours were nothing more than barbarian nomads wielding scimitars.

After you migrate to west, you have learned this "West is good, East is bad" thing. And still desperately you try to locate yourselves at "somewhere" in the "west".
Now you like to see yourselves as "mediterranean people"? So another title is coming. White, European, Mediterranean Armenians versus Barbaric, Nomadic, Asiatic Turks.

[Sip]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

It was originally an Urartu settlement called Erebuni. Turks didn't come into the picture until the Middle Ages. Turks are a nomadic people, so I guess everything they shyt on becomes a "Turkish" city or land.

= teh win.

But anyone know the origin or the actual meaning of the word "Yerevan"?

[TomServo]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Here is a picture of Vagharshapat in the process of becoming a "Turkish city."

[One-Way]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Owned.

[Anonymouse]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Yerevan was a Turkish city. Original name is Erivan.

While my ancestors were the merchants of the Mediterranean, yours were nothing more than barbarian nomads wielding scimitars.

[TomServo]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Yerevan was a Turkish city. Original name is Erivan.

It was originally an Urartu settlement called Erebuni. Turks didn't come into the picture until the Middle Ages. Turks are a nomadic people, so I guess everything they shyt on becomes a "Turkish" city or land.

[oyuncu]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Yerevan was a Turkish city. Original name is Erivan.

[Pauly]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

I know that that's not the real origin of the name but I was wondering if this was something imprinted into the folklore of Armenia and that was the answer I was looking for...

[karoaper]

Re: Origins of the name Yerevan

Recently I heard a legend about the name Yerevan. It said that the name derives from a quoate allegedly from Noah from when he saw Mt. Ararat in his journey in the ark. According to the legend Yerevan means something like "I see a mountain" (ye re van?). However I have not been able to find anything about this legend online. Has anyone else here heard this legend?

lol, that's hillarious. How about the legend that Noah told one of his sons "Ar men (you stay here)". These are just legends. They're neat but I doubt they have real connection. Yerevan sits on the ruins of an ancient Urartu city called Erebuni. I would think the phonetic connection to Erebuni explains the origins of the city's name. But I'm actually not sure 100%.