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Armenian Slang & Idioms

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  • #11
    There's also the word ''ishteh''. It comes out a lot. There are a lot of ways to use it. You can use it as ''I agree'', and there's the other way that I don't know how to define in English...

    Aboush e ishteh.
    (He's like so stupid.)

    The word ''Hamdullah'' (Park Asdoudzo) is used a lot by some of my relatives.

    -Inchbes es?
    -Hamdullah, toun inchbes es?...

    The words tenekeh (gatsa), mobilia (furniture), banka (bank), etc come to mind...

    Did anyone mention the word ''Beeeee''. I think this comes from Turkish and it's very similar to ''kaaa''

    Ge paveh beeeeee
    (Stop it already)

    or

    Hadé beeeee
    (Come on already!)

    Don't forget about some of the swear words.

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    • #12
      Oh you guys remembered so many that I forgot!!

      hyebruin: Uh oh!! When I met my one barsgahay friend (lol) back in the 7th grade, she thought I was talking about plates when I said "aman." So that's where my knowledge comes from. lol

      Yallah is actually a contraction of "ya Allah" from Arabic (which is where Persian would get it from, I assume).

      Y'aneh is also Arabic, meaning "like" or "so." There are so many variations on how to pronounce this! Even within the same family - it's interesting!

      That Barsgahay "@d" is quite interesting!! lol Never heard of that before.

      Dave: Hahaha @ tanaka!!! We actually use it more for like cheap metal. Or really bad jewlery. lol I think it's Turkish.

      I've been really annoyed lately because I've noticed how sooo many of our words are Turkish! My mom claims even "pooshman" is Turkish. (You know, like "pooshman yegha")

      Good call on "beh" and "ishteh" though -- even if they are Turkish. lol

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      • #13
        Oh, and what does "eya" mean?

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        • #14
          the classic, "Ara!".

          -hluh estegh ari, Ara, kam bernit ktam!

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          • #15
            a good friend of mine calls jerks "yezi ts@nund" i love it!!!! hahahhahahhaaaaa...we say "shaan lagod"

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            • #16
              oohhh that's kinda close to "eshoo tsak" lol

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              • #17
                I thought of another one.

                zar -- it means something like perhaps/i guess/it seems like it. Very useful!!

                - Jamu 7-in bidi sgsi hantesu?
                - Zar. (I guess.)

                Or it can be used to literally replace the words "terevs" or "g'erevi."

                - Zar (g'erevi) aysorva tast ches sorvadz.

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                • #18
                  I liken "zar" more to "havanapar".

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                  • #19
                    "pooshman" is definitely turkish. Kepeze is another one..

                    Tanaka is used for "titegh"...the word that many use for "gatsa" which always cracks me up is "tenjere".

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                    • #20
                      Yes xoski pahi tak karam xosam u duk naxadu jokek te vorn a slang.. yete xoski spyurkahayere pereputit klnen, togh asen u irants et sagh payere taza kbatsatrvi. Uremn sents!

                      Jargoni mej (manavand bazari vaxt) amenakarevore kravorakan seri arat kirarumn a u jigyarov xoslu hstak mitume (orinak- "Mernem srtit!", "Mernem glannerid", "Tagavor axper", yev ayln)

                      Kravorakan sere active kirarutyan tak a nra hamar vor hnaravorutyun a tali konkret andznanunnerits xusapel, vorovhetev chi dzum urishi anun tale.
                      Orinak (axchka bazari jamanak): "Ape, xi kez chi asve vor et axchike enger uni?" kam "Inke mer kurn a u xoski mer hamar likke zapadloya vor ira momentov alik varvi!"

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