Originally posted by womble
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There are two types of words we are discussing here. One is 'borrowed/loaned' words that are either not native to Armenia (words such as narinj/orange or shakar/sugar) or words that have been borrowed due to religious reasons (such as Shabat or Kahana)... The other is 'inherited' words that were apparently shared by the theorized proto-Indo-European (Aryan) tribes of the prehistoric world before their split.
The following are interrelated 'inherited' words (not loaned/borrowed words) that I have personally noticed between Armenian and English, regardless of the origin of the English terms in question. Also note that some of the Armenian words may be of ancient Parthian/Persian origin.
Let's play:
Kov (Cow), muk (mouse), sqiyur (squirrel), vagr (tiger), katu (cat), shun (hound), lusin (lunar), lus-aber (light bearer/Lucifer), armuk (elbow), ach (eye), vod (foot), get (wet), tur (door), ber (bear/burden), qar/qarord (quarter/four), tarnal (to turn), ser (sex), serm (sperm), kark (cart), hot (herd), jisht (just), her (hair), shakal (jackal), ut-el (eat), ls-el (to listen), es-el (to say), qar (rock pronounced backwards), kuj (jug pronounced backwards), lav (well pronounced backwards), ov (who pronounced backwards), buys/tup (bush), tsul (bull), entanur (entire), otar (other), nor (new), glor (globe), meas (meat), mayr (mother), hayr (father), dustr (daughter), yeghbayr (brother), khor-ovel (char-broil), duyl (pail), gini (wine), berd (fort), patker (picture), petur (feather), kt-rel (to cut), manr (mini), mrmral (murmur), tapalel (topple), mets (mega), hur (fire/pyr), du (you), astgh (star/aster), jarb (lard), em (I am), charcharel (torture), mich (middle), ayo (yes/ay/ya), vorb (orphan), hod (odor), lao (lad), metagh (metal), patizh (punish), sirt (heart), dev (devil), surb (saint), kam (come), mid (mind), aq (axle), partez (garden), paytsar (bright), hasdad (fasten), sprel (spread/spew), srs-gich (syringe), lezu (lingual), mer-nil (mortal), vat (bad), ayt/da (that), e (the), jerm (worm), sard (spider), vort (worm), sur (sword), bayts (but), agh (salt), barg (bag), qsak (sack), at-el (to hate), gam (come), la-l (to lament), yur (your/his/her), chl-el (to chuck) ard (yard/orchard), goriz (core), gna (go), qats (kick), sirt (heart), amur (armor???), hska (husky???), ashun (autumn???), zndan (dungeon???)...
Anymore?
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