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  • #11
    Re: Language Question

    Depends on context. If you want to say frustrate (as in spoil) something, like an event, I would use խափանել
    Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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    "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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    • #12
      Re: Language Question

      Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
      What's the Armenian word for frustration?
      վայ քո արա = vay ko ara

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      • #13
        Re: Armenian word/s for frustration

        Not looking for Armenian word/s meaning frustration but Armenian parallel phrase to (ohfff babam) indicating frustration Artashes says thanks to all for help

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        • #14
          Re: Language Question

          Originally posted by yerazhishda View Post
          վայ քո արա = vay ko ara
          aper, that's in yerevantsi language
          Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ
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          "Western Assimilation is the greatest threat to the Armenian nation since the Armenian Genocide."

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          • #15
            Re: Language Question

            ayah is probably a derivative of yaya. Somewhere along the line of that word's pronunciation history in your father's dialect ("micro"-dialect or perhaps "family-dialect") within the Western Armenian group), the first "y" was lost.

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            • #16
              Re: Language Question

              My Grandfathers last name on (some) certificate and when he died was and is ( Hamparian). But one time when I was a child he told me his name was ...... Ham..par...sunian. I think he was telling me something? Does anyone know what that's all about ? /Artashes

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