Persian, not Armenian

[Jen]

Re: Persian, not Armenian

Christina Milian

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[Fedayeen]

Re: Persian, not Armenian

isnt it possible 2 have a non Armenian last name that ends in "ian"? 4 example, the singer Christina Milian

She is Armenian because no other way she could be so hot

[Jen]

Re: Persian, not Armenian

For those of you (if any) that thought she "could" be really Armenian...(I hope none of you did, cause it's quite obvious she isn't... )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Milian

[KotayKoskesh]

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Lol...well there is not much you can do about people like that, hey we should be at least happy he kept the ian at the end of his last name...:

ian-yan is not Armenian its actually persian a typically Armenian name ending would be ts as in Mashtots and friends. thers also tsi that would be an Armenian ending but I, UNI, IAN are all persian.

[ace]

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He IS persian. Persians and Armenians have that -ian ending last name in common. Why would he deny being Armenian? And if he did, why would he wanna be PERSIAN in America right now. Thats gonna be like saying I wanna be xxxish during Nazi Germany.

[Sean]

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im not gonna pass judgement either way, but population wise theres probably more people in Iran with -ian last names than there are Armenians in Armenia. Just my guess.

[Jen]

Re: Persian, not Armenian

He IS persian. Persians and Armenians have that -ian ending last name in common. Why would he deny being Armenian? And if he did, why would he wanna be PERSIAN in America right now. Thats gonna be like saying I wanna be xxxish during Nazi Germany.

So if he is Persian, why didn't he tell me "my last name is not Armenian, is Persian."

He was very clear "my last name is Armenian, but I'm Persian"

[ace]

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So if he is Persian, why didn't he tell me "my last name is not Armenian, is Persian."

He was very clear "my last name is Armenian, but I'm Persian"

Because it COULD be Armenian, I know alot of Armenian last names that are actually Turkish with -ians attached to them. And if he might've meant that Armenian are more known for the -ian last name but he is not Armenian - though has the ian last name.

[dani87]

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You are wrong Karoaper! As you mentioned there is a region in Armenia called Alaverdi but the root of that word is simply Persian and not Armenian !I know that there are a lot of Persians(Muslims, not Armenian-Persians) whose family name is Alahverdi or Alahverdian just like some Armenians so she is Persian. I had previously explained on this issue and the misunderstandings caused by in this thread(you might have not read it) and one more to add: sometimes , some Iranians(muslims) who leave Iran, they’ve got such a complex to express about their religion so that they find it more classy to pass as a Christian (however some convert to Christianity secretly as it is banned in Iran, it is estimated that about 1000000 christan persians leave secretely and lie about their religion!)

I’m a Persian-Armenian speaker, knowing this my professor at university asked me to do a research on Armenian names whose roots are thought to be Persian(first, I resisted saying: no you are wrong there are not so many names with Persian root in Armenian but as she threatened me to give a 0! I did it) and obviously I found a lot of names, I could not believe it but that was true. (if you would like I can send you some shocking examples which I couldn’t believe)

alahverdi is turkish if i am not misstaken...i think that it means god gives

[ARK]

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alahverdi is turkish if i am not misstaken...i think that it means god gives

dani jan, there are many persian words used by turkes and vice-versa. first of all Allah is not persian nor turkish, it is arabic meaning God(as you said) but the other word verd(not verdi) has two meanings in persian(one of which i had forgotten to talk about) prayer and rose. actually it is not used in everyday persian but in litterary texts. But again you might be right.