Announcement

Collapse

Forum Rules (Everyone Must Read!!!)

1] What you CAN NOT post.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is:
- abusive
- vulgar
- hateful
- harassing
- personal attacks
- obscene

You also may not:
- post images that are too large (max is 500*500px)
- post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or cited properly.
- post in UPPER CASE, which is considered yelling
- post messages which insult the Armenians, Armenian culture, traditions, etc
- post racist or other intentionally insensitive material that insults or attacks another culture (including Turks)

The Ankap thread is excluded from the strict rules because that place is more relaxed and you can vent and engage in light insults and humor. Notice it's not a blank ticket, but just a place to vent. If you go into the Ankap thread, you enter at your own risk of being clowned on.
What you PROBABLY SHOULD NOT post...
Do not post information that you will regret putting out in public. This site comes up on Google, is cached, and all of that, so be aware of that as you post. Do not ask the staff to go through and delete things that you regret making available on the web for all to see because we will not do it. Think before you post!


2] Use descriptive subject lines & research your post. This means use the SEARCH.

This reduces the chances of double-posting and it also makes it easier for people to see what they do/don't want to read. Using the search function will identify existing threads on the topic so we do not have multiple threads on the same topic.

3] Keep the focus.

Each forum has a focus on a certain topic. Questions outside the scope of a certain forum will either be moved to the appropriate forum, closed, or simply be deleted. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. Users that keep doing this will be warned, then banned.

4] Behave as you would in a public location.

This forum is no different than a public place. Behave yourself and act like a decent human being (i.e. be respectful). If you're unable to do so, you're not welcome here and will be made to leave.

5] Respect the authority of moderators/admins.

Public discussions of moderator/admin actions are not allowed on the forum. It is also prohibited to protest moderator actions in titles, avatars, and signatures. If you don't like something that a moderator did, PM or email the moderator and try your best to resolve the problem or difference in private.

6] Promotion of sites or products is not permitted.

Advertisements are not allowed in this venue. No blatant advertising or solicitations of or for business is prohibited.
This includes, but not limited to, personal resumes and links to products or
services with which the poster is affiliated, whether or not a fee is charged
for the product or service. Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly, is also prohibited.

7] We retain the right to remove any posts and/or Members for any reason, without prior notice.


- PLEASE READ -

Members are welcome to read posts and though we encourage your active participation in the forum, it is not required. If you do participate by posting, however, we expect that on the whole you contribute something to the forum. This means that the bulk of your posts should not be in "fun" threads (e.g. Ankap, Keep & Kill, This or That, etc.). Further, while occasionally it is appropriate to simply voice your agreement or approval, not all of your posts should be of this variety: "LOL Member213!" "I agree."
If it is evident that a member is simply posting for the sake of posting, they will be removed.


8] These Rules & Guidelines may be amended at any time. (last update September 17, 2009)

If you believe an individual is repeatedly breaking the rules, please report to admin/moderator.
See more
See less

Armenian Slang & Idioms

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 28
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 28 template Next
  • #21
    Originally posted by Metsamor
    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!"

    ZAPADLOYAAAAAAA UFFF RUSERENI MAYIRKE lacacrecir ev hayereni nuynpes .

    Cарказм, или Вы действительно говорите как крестьянин?haha
    I'm a monstrous mass of vile, foul & corrupted matter.

    Comment

    • #22
      Originally posted by Metsamor
      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!"
      This post made my day!!!
      I'm a monstrous mass of vile, foul & corrupted matter.

      Comment

      • #23
        Pear: omg yes, we use "tanjara" -- although in my efforts to re-Armenianize our household, I've started using "gatsa" instead. lol (along with heratsayn (telefon), heradesil (television), hedzig (biciclet), etc. My sisters hate me. lol)

        about pooshman. I thought the root word was "poosh" and that it was somehow conjugated to pooshman. You know how the word "sharjoom" can become "sharjman" or "hartsoom" becomes "hartsman"? I thought there was some word, like pooshoom (lol), from which pooshman came from. But I was sadly mistaken.

        Kepeze is a good one. lol

        Comment

        • #24
          Originally posted by sleuth
          This post made my day!!!
          Your day or your night? If it's your day, then I hear your voice from the Caucasus! Say hi to Brusov's statue from me!
          Last edited by Metsamor; 01-20-2005, 01:09 AM.

          Comment

          • #25
            Originally posted by Metsamor
            Your day of your night? If it's your day, then I hear your voice from the Caucasus! Say hi to Brusov's statue from me!

            My voice is from down under world and it's not Brusov, it's MGU.( Lomonosov) Slabo??
            I'm a monstrous mass of vile, foul & corrupted matter.

            Comment

            • #26
              Originally posted by sleuth
              My voice is from down under world and it's not Brusov, it's MGU.( Lomonosov) Slabo??
              Dasits paxel es? Yev heto inchi profile-id mej vochinch ches grum? Kez voch en a "Kuro jan" asem, voch en a "Axper jan"... Please, show some consideration!

              Comment

              • #27
                Originally posted by hyebruin
                barsgahyes--at least the cultured ones---understand 'aman' and know that you don't necessarily find it in the kitchen

                'babam' is a persian word, have no clue what it means but it conveys 'dude' or something like that! a totally useless expression...

                my grandfather used to say 'haydeh' and he was barsgahye i think it's another variation of 'yallah' which is also used by barsgahyes but seems to be more popular with western armenians.

                yahnee (barsgahyes) yan@m, yani (hayastantsis) is just a persian word meaning "urem@n" in armenian ... for example: " yani ch@hasgatsar? kani ankam asem?"

                just though of another one! with barsgahyes the past tense of 'asel' in the first person is 'asam' (i have my own theory where that 'm' came from) ...and if you want to STRESSSS to someone that you DIDDDDD tell them something, somtimes the following is used: "asam@d"...that @d adds more emphasis! i can demonstrate for those of you who are barsgahye deprived however, i haven't used it since i was a kid, so don't laff when i say it

                ahahahahah... how can you put more emphasis on 'asam', without making it 'asamed', lol... true, so funny!

                'babam' is not really a persian word, well it means "my father" in persian but that's definitely not the source, yanee aslaaan gab choonen irar (nah I don't talk like that)

                One thing I think only barsgahays say is "gelookh kashel" lol, like ertam mamis gelookh kashem, like to "give her a visit"! LOL... It must sound funny for non-baskgahays... "heres oozoom mamid gelookhe kashes?"

                Comment

                • #28
                  Babam is a Persian word which means my father, however when Barskahyes use it, it doesn't mean that at all "yanee aslaaan irar gab choonen" (I talk like that sometimes)..lol...Now we usually use it with Jan at the end like "babamjan" and it's just a slang used to start a sentence (usually) when you're explaining something.
                  "Babamjan, hima chem uzum durs etam" And please don't confuse it with Badmjan which is eggplant!

                  Oh, and CatWoman...I'm so sorry for using some of your words to add to your explanation. It just made it easier for me to explain the word babam, or babamjan for that matter.

                  Comment

                  • #29
                    Originally posted by Hayq
                    the classic, "Ara!".

                    -hluh estegh ari, Ara, kam bernit ktam!

                    Arxchi Ara! lol, yes, the classic ara. My favorite.

                    Comment

                    • #30
                      Originally posted by hyebruin
                      just though of another one! with barsgahyes the past tense of 'asel' in the first person is 'asam'
                      It's interesting how "asam" has turned into "asim" among some parskahays who have spent too much time outside of Iran. Like "zangim" and "gnatsim". Otherwise the -am ending is popular in other verbs too: aram, taram, siram, keram.

                      Also classic in parskahay dialect is the verb "to be" conjugated as:

                      Yes am
                      Du as
                      Na/Inqn a
                      Menq anq
                      Duq aq
                      Nranq/Iranq an

                      Instead of em, es, e, enq, eq, en.

                      So you get: Yani du stur as arel? (You mean you bought this?)

                      Btw, Armenians from Esfahan and surroundings also use ka, as an exclamation often. Ka? (Really?); "ka du hur as etkan khosum?".

                      Comment

                      Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 28 template Next
                      Working...
                      X