Hrach Martirosyan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6335133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hrach Martirosyan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hrach |
| FAMILY NAME | Martirosyan |
| SIGNATURE | MARTIROSYAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Würzburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5554-0712 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Implement for Weavers and Sorcerers
This study examines the Armenian word bēč/bēǰ , denoting the ‘shoulder blade (scapula)’ and, more broadly, ‘shoulder with back/armpit’. Beyond its anatomical sense, the term is significant in both weaving and occult practice. The meaning ‘handle of a weaver’s comb’, attested in the Canon Law and elsewhere, is preserved at the two geographic extremes of the Armenian world: in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in the far east, and in Hamšen and Trabizond …
Armenian toponyms based on plant-names in the province of Syunik
From the earliest records to the modern period, Armenians have formed the main ethnic population of Syunik (Siwnik‘, cf. Jage/ajor and its Turkified form Zangezur), Artsakh (Arc‘ax [Karabakh / Gharabagh]), and, to a lesser extent, Utik. This is well attested by Classical Armenian sources from the 5th century, the abundance of Armenian place names, and by non-Armenian authors such as Ptolemy and Strabo. Additional evidence includes architectural m…
Archaisms and Innovations in the Armenian Dialects of Artsakh and Syunik
The dialectal areas of Artsakh (Ɫarabaɫ/Nagorno-Karabakh), Syunik, and surroundings abound in native Armenian designations in the semantic domain of carpet weaving. This paper discusses several words for ‘to weave’ and ‘loom’ in these dialects. The verb he/anum ‘to weave, plait’ from Indo-European (henceforth: IE ) * spenh 1 ‐ here refers to ‘to stretch the main threads of warp before beginning of the weaving’, which may be an archaic semantic nu…
Two Armenians Conversing in Two Armenians
Two Armenian Personal Names With Šah ‘King’
There are a great number of Armenian compound personal names with the element šah ‘king’ of Iranian origin (Middle Persian and New Persian šāh ‘king’). It occurs: (1) in both masculine and feminine names; (2) with both native Armenian and foreign components; (3) either as the first or the second component; (4) often in doublet forms with a reversed order of the components. For instance: masculine Šah-amir and Amir-šah, Šah-paron and Paron-šah, Va…
Armenian Personal Names of Iranian Origin from Siwnik‘ and Arc‘ax
This paper aims to present seven Armenian personal names of Iranian origin from the Armenian historical provinces of Siwnik‘ and Arc‘ax: Dadi/Dadoy, Kohazat, Marhan, Mrhapet, Niw-dast, Niw-Xosrov , and * Oyz/Uz . These names are scantily attested in literature (almost all of them being hapaxes) and are, therefore, little known to scholarship
Armenian čandari ‘plane tree’
The Armenian word čandar-i appears in two basic meanings: ‘plane tree’ and ‘poplar, aspen’. It is attested in a Commentary on Genesis hesitantly attributed to Eɫišē. The other two attestations of the word come from authors originating from eastern parts of Armenia: Kirakos Ganjakec‘i (13th century) and Zak‘aria Sarkawag K‘anak‘eṙc‘i (17th century). Particularly important is the testimony from Chapter 21 of Ganjakec‘i who mentions čandari , the lo…
The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family
The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian
Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon
As an Indo-European language, Armenian has been the subject of etymological research for over a hundred years. There are many valuable systematic handbooks, studies and surveys on comparative Armenian linguistics. Almost all of these works, with a few exceptions, mostly concentrate on Classical Armenian and touch the dialects only sporadically. Non-literary data taken from Armenian dialects have largely remained outside of the scope of Indo-Europ…
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Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon
As an Indo-European language, Armenian has been the subject of etymological research for over a hundred years. There are many valuable systematic handbooks, studies and surveys on comparative Armenian linguistics. Almost all of these works, with a few exceptions, mostly concentrate on Classical Armenian and touch the dialects only sporadically. Non-literary data taken from Armenian dialects have largely remained outside of the scope of Indo-Europ…
The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family
The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian
Armenian čandari ‘plane tree’
The Armenian word čandar-i appears in two basic meanings: ‘plane tree’ and ‘poplar, aspen’. It is attested in a Commentary on Genesis hesitantly attributed to Eɫišē. The other two attestations of the word come from authors originating from eastern parts of Armenia: Kirakos Ganjakec‘i (13th century) and Zak‘aria Sarkawag K‘anak‘eṙc‘i (17th century). Particularly important is the testimony from Chapter 21 of Ganjakec‘i who mentions čandari , the lo…
Armenian Personal Names of Iranian Origin from Siwnik‘ and Arc‘ax
This paper aims to present seven Armenian personal names of Iranian origin from the Armenian historical provinces of Siwnik‘ and Arc‘ax: Dadi/Dadoy, Kohazat, Marhan, Mrhapet, Niw-dast, Niw-Xosrov , and * Oyz/Uz . These names are scantily attested in literature (almost all of them being hapaxes) and are, therefore, little known to scholarship
Two Armenian Personal Names With Šah ‘King’
There are a great number of Armenian compound personal names with the element šah ‘king’ of Iranian origin (Middle Persian and New Persian šāh ‘king’). It occurs: (1) in both masculine and feminine names; (2) with both native Armenian and foreign components; (3) either as the first or the second component; (4) often in doublet forms with a reversed order of the components. For instance: masculine Šah-amir and Amir-šah, Šah-paron and Paron-šah, Va…
Two Armenians Conversing in Two Armenians
Armenian toponyms based on plant-names in the province of Syunik
From the earliest records to the modern period, Armenians have formed the main ethnic population of Syunik (Siwnik‘, cf. Jage/ajor and its Turkified form Zangezur), Artsakh (Arc‘ax [Karabakh / Gharabagh]), and, to a lesser extent, Utik. This is well attested by Classical Armenian sources from the 5th century, the abundance of Armenian place names, and by non-Armenian authors such as Ptolemy and Strabo. Additional evidence includes architectural m…
Archaisms and Innovations in the Armenian Dialects of Artsakh and Syunik
The dialectal areas of Artsakh (Ɫarabaɫ/Nagorno-Karabakh), Syunik, and surroundings abound in native Armenian designations in the semantic domain of carpet weaving. This paper discusses several words for ‘to weave’ and ‘loom’ in these dialects. The verb he/anum ‘to weave, plait’ from Indo-European (henceforth: IE ) * spenh 1 ‐ here refers to ‘to stretch the main threads of warp before beginning of the weaving’, which may be an archaic semantic nu…
An Implement for Weavers and Sorcerers
This study examines the Armenian word bēč/bēǰ , denoting the ‘shoulder blade (scapula)’ and, more broadly, ‘shoulder with back/armpit’. Beyond its anatomical sense, the term is significant in both weaving and occult practice. The meaning ‘handle of a weaver’s comb’, attested in the Canon Law and elsewhere, is preserved at the two geographic extremes of the Armenian world: in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in the far east, and in Hamšen and Trabizond …
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