My name in Armenian

[CKyle22]

Kyle Khachadurian

Kyle is pronounced KAI-Uhl

Can someone please write that in Armenian for me? Pleasssse?

[Siggie]

Re: My name in Armenian

I believe it would be Քայլ խաչատուրեան

[CKyle22]

Re: My name in Armenian

Thank you!

Snoracalutsion

(did I spell that right?)

[Siggie]

Re: My name in Armenian

Close... it's shnorhagalutioun

Ch'arji - you're welcome.

[CKyle22]

Re: My name in Armenian

I just wish I knew how to pronounce it. I still have to learn the alphabet.

Also, does my first name (Kyle) mean "wolf" in Armenian? My parents used to tell me that all the time.

[Siggie]

Re: My name in Armenian

Also, does my first name (Kyle) mean "wolf" in Armenian? My parents used to tell me that all the time.

Kyle is with a hard k sound (like c in cat), but wolf, գայլ, sounds like a g (like guile, guide, etc). Did your parents intend it to be pronounced as 'wolf'? Because in that case the spelling would be different and it would be Գայլ.

[Lucin]

Re: My name in Armenian

Kyle is with a hard k sound (like c in cat), but wolf, գայլ, sounds like a g (like guile, guide, etc). Did your parents intend it to be pronounced as 'wolf'? Because in that case the spelling would be different and it would be Գայլ.

You're thinking in Eastern dialect. գայլ (wolf) in Western Armneian would be pronounced as 'kyle' so his parents are right. Am I right Fed? This raises another question which is; how would you differentiate between 'walk' (քայլ) and 'wolf' (գայլ) in Western Armenian, other than its meaning in the context? I think there are a lot of homophones in the western dialect due to its unique pronunciation which could also be considered as its weak point??

[Siggie]

Re: My name in Armenian

You're thinking in Eastern dialect. գայլ (wolf) in Western Armneian would be pronounced as 'kyle' so her parents are right. Am I right Fed? This raises another question which is; how would you differentiate between 'walk' (քայլ) and 'wolf' (գայլ) in Western Armenian, other than its meaning in the context? I think there are a lot of homophones in the western dialect due to its unique pronunciation which could also be considered as its weak point??

Yes, the pronunciation I described would be Eastern, but because he spells his name with a K in English, then it needs to be Քայլ and not գայլ unless his parents meant for him to be called Guyl or Guile by a significant portion of Armenians.

But yes, in Western dialect գայլ and քայլ would both be pronounced as k, but only գայլ means wolf.

I don't think it's difficult to differentiate these two in conversation. The context would be enough to determine which one. If they say kayleh gerav or geh kaylenk, mi kani kayl arav etc it would be clear, no? Most of the time քայլ is going to be conjugated.

[CKyle22]

Re: My name in Armenian

My parents, although Armenian, were born here in the US, so they gave me an American name. My family speaks a sort of "mix" between Eastern and Western Armenian (when I ask my grandma she says "Armenian is just Armenian"), and my dad always told me as a kid that in Armenian it means Wolf. They never meant for it to be that way, but that's how it was.

[Lucin]

Re: My name in Armenian

Yes, the pronunciation I described would be Eastern, but because he spells his name with a K in English, then it needs to be Քայլ and not գայլ unless his parents meant for him to be called Guyl or Guile by a significant portion of Armenians.

Western Armenians tend to write their Armenian names or words in latin (including English) just as pronounced orally. With that said, they say/ write (in latin letters) Kurken (Գուրգէն), Karnig (Գառնիկ), Kyle (գայլ) and so on.

I don't think it's difficult to differentiate these two in conversation. The context would be enough to determine which one. If they say kayleh gerav or geh kaylenk, mi kani kayl arav etc it would be clear, no? Most of the time քայլ is going to be conjugated.

In the context yes.