Nelli Yesayan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6791184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nelli Yesayan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nelli |
| FAMILY NAME | Yesayan |
| SIGNATURE | YESAYAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yerevan State University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-2838-0924 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| 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 …
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…
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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 …
Armenian (2 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Weaving (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Asian studies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)