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36-678: Arshak (or in Western Armenian Arshag ) (in Persian آرشاک) (in Armenian Արշակ) is a Persian and Armenian given name . People [ edit ] Historic [ edit ] Artaxiad dynasty of Iberia , a branch of the eponymous dynasty of Armenia, ruled Iberia (ancient Georgia) from c. 90 BC to 30 AD. Arshak I of Iberia , also known as Artaxias I of Iberia , king of Artaxiad dynasty, king of Iberia (modern-day Georgia) from 90 to 78 BC. He

72-429: A Parthian Prince of Iranian and Greek ancestry who served as a Roman Client King of Armenia in 35. Arshak II (fl. 4th century, died 369 or 370), also known as Arsaces II and Arsak II, Armenian king, a prince who was a Roman client king of Arsacid Armenia from 350 until 368 Arshak III (fl. 4th century – died 387), also known as Arsaces III, Arsak III and Arshak III-Vagharshak, Armenian king, and prince who served as

108-733: A Roman client king of Arsacid Armenia from 378 until 387. Arsaces (son of Khosrov IV of Armenia) , also known as Arshak, an Armenian Prince of the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia who lived in the second half of the 4th century and possibly first half of the 5th century. Contemporary people [ edit ] Arshak [ edit ] Arshak Adamian (1884–1956), Armenian conductor, composer, art critic, pedagogue Arshak Amiryan (born 1977), Armenian footballer Arshak Fetvadjian (1866–1947), Ottoman-born Armenian artist, painter and designer Arshak Gafavian better known by his nom de guerre Keri (1858–1916), Armenian fedayee military commander in

144-609: A gorge overlooking the Amberd River, and is located in the center of the village of Aghtsk in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia Arshak II (opera) , first Armenian classical opera, written by Dikran Tchouhadjian and T. Terzian TCA Arshag Dickranian Armenian School , private Armenian school in Hollywood, California Arash , common Iranian first name [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

180-492: A half-dozen other forms are in gradual decline and are being replaced by the i -form, which has virtually attained the status of a regular form: գիտութ եանց գիտութիւն ով Like English and some other languages, Armenian has definite and indefinite articles. The indefinite article in Western Armenian is /mə/ , which follows the noun: ator mə ('a chair', Nom.sg), atori mə ('of a chair', Gen.sg) The definite article

216-707: A new edition of the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger was released by UNESCO in which the Western Armenian language in Turkey was defined as a definitely endangered language . In modern day Armenia, there is a municipality called Gyumri , the city took host to large numbers of Armenian refugees fleeing the Ottoman Empire from the Armenian Genocide. Many of these people spoke

252-515: A three-way distinction of stops and affricates (one voiced and two voiceless: one plain and one aspirated ), Western Armenian has kept only a two-way distinction (one voiced and one aspirated). For example, Classical Armenian has three bilabial stops ( /b/ ⟨բ⟩ , /p/ ⟨պ⟩ , and /pʰ/ ⟨փ⟩ ), but Western Armenian has only two bilabial stops ( /b/ ⟨պ⟩ and /pʰ/ ⟨բ⟩ / ⟨փ⟩ ). Secondly, Western Armenian has both changed

288-527: Is a moribund language spoken by only a small percentage of Armenians in Turkey (especially in Istanbul ) as a first language, with 18 percent among the community in general and 8 percent among younger people. There are notable diaspora L2 Western Armenian speakers in Lebanon ( Beirut ), Syria ( Aleppo , Damascus ), California ( Fresno , Los Angeles ), and France ( Marseilles ). Western Armenian used to be

324-429: Is a suffix attached to the noun, and is one of two forms, either -n (when the final sound is a vowel) or -ə (when the final sound is a consonant). When the word is followed by al (ալ = also, too), the conjunction u (ու), or the present or imperfect conjugated forms of the verb em (to be); however, it will always take -n : but: The indefinite article becomes mən when it is followed by al (ալ = also, too) or

360-453: Is a tense in its own right, and takes no other particles or constructions. The "present" tense in Western Armenian is based on three conjugations ( a, e, i ): The present tense (as we know it in English) is made by adding the particle gə before the "present" form, except the defective verbs em (I am), gam (I exist, I'm there), unim (I have), kidem (I know) and gərnam (I can), while

396-523: Is classified as 6b (i.e., threatened, with interruptions in intergenerational transmission). Western Armenian is an Indo-European language belonging to the Armenic branch of the family, along side Eastern and Classical Armenian . According to Glottolog , Antioch , Artial, Asia Minor, Bolu , Hamshenic , Kilikien , Mush -Tigranakert, Stanoz, Vanic and Yozgat are the main dialects of Western Armenian. Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian are, for

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432-468: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Western Armenian : Արեւմտահայերէն , romanized:  Arevmdahayeren [ɑɾɛvmədɑhɑjɛˈɾɛn] ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian , the other being Eastern Armenian . It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect , as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which

468-690: Is known exclusively from the medieval Georgian chronicles which gives his name as Arshak Arshak II of Iberia , also known as Artaxias II of Iberia , or Arsuk (died in AD 1), king of the Nimrodid Dynasty, king of Iberia (present Georgia) from c. 20 BC to AD 1. Arshakuni Dynasty or Arsacid dynasty of Armenia , ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 54 to 428. Arshak I of Armenia or Arsaces I of Armenia , king of Armenia, also known as Arsaces I, Arshak I and Arsak (flourished 1st century) (assassinated in 35 AD),

504-755: Is mainly based on the Yerevan Armenian dialect . Until the early 20th century, various Western Armenian dialects were spoken in the Ottoman Empire , predominantly in the historically Armenian populated regions of Western Armenia . The dialectal varieties of Western Armenian currently in use include Homshetsi , spoken by the Hemshin peoples ; the dialects of Armenians in Kessab , Latakia and Jisr al-Shughur in Syria, Anjar in Lebanon, and Istanbul and Vakıflı , in Turkey (part of

540-480: Is used for the glide after vowels. The IPA / ɑj / (like English long i) and / uj / diphthongs are common, while / ej / (English long a), / ij, iə / (a stretched-out long e), and / oj / (oy) are rare. The following examples are sometimes across syllable and morpheme boundaries, and gliding is then expected: This is the Western Armenian Consonantal System using letters from

576-783: The Abeghian orthography, was introduced in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and is still used by most Eastern Armenian speakers from modern Armenia. However, it has not been adopted by Eastern Armenian speakers of Iran and their diaspora or by speakers of Western Armenian, with the exception of periodical publications published in Romania and Bulgaria while under Communist regimes. Western Armenian nouns have four grammatical cases : nominative - accusative (subject / direct object), genitive - dative (possession / indirect object), ablative (origin) and instrumental (means). Of

612-844: The Hemshin peoples , who were Muslim converts, did not fall victim to the Armenian genocide. Western Armenian isn't just predominant for Armenian's in the Middle East, the Armenians living in Southeastern Europe/Balkans, mostly Bulgaria , Romania , Greece , and Turkey ( Istanbul ) are Western Armenian speakers, who immigrated of the Armenian Genocide . Historically there was presence of Western Armenians (Cilicians) in Moldova . On 21 February 2009, International Mother Language Day ,

648-557: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), followed by the corresponding Armenian letter in brackets. The /f/ in Armenian is rare; the letter "ֆ" was added to the alphabet much later. The /w/ glide is not used except for foreign proper nouns, like Washington (by utilizing the "u" vowel, Armenian "ու"). Differences in phonology between Western Armenian and Classical Armenian include the distinction of stops and affricates . Firstly, while Classical Armenian has

684-796: The Karin dialect of Armenian , which is spoken in Gyumri but overtime many Eastern Armenian and Russian words have been borrowed into the dialect . There was also a wave of Armenians coming from the Middle East who were Western Armenian , who moved to the Soviet Union , mostly in Soviet Armenia . Many have assimilated into the Eastern Armenian dialect. With Western Armenian being declared an endangered language, there has been recent pushback on reviving

720-537: The Ottoman Empire in 1896 to go to England and then to the United States . Their family had been in the rug trade in Turkey since 1818, and they began in the United States in 1897 as rug importers. They expanded into manufacturing in 1903. By 1927 they had 15 broadlooms and 196 single looms. They were the only manufacturers of "Gulistan Rug" carpets, a style which they developed. They were commissioned to make

756-615: The Shirak province , and by Armenians in Samtskhe–Javakheti province of Georgia ( Akhalkalaki , Akhaltsikhe ). A mostly diasporic language and one that is not an official language of any state, Western Armenian faces extinction as its native speakers lose fluency in Western Armenian amid pressures to assimilate into their host countries. According to Ethnologue, there are 1.58 million native speakers of Western Armenian, primarily in Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Lebanon, and Iraq. The language

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792-593: The "Sueidia" dialect). The Sasun and Mush dialects are also spoken in modern-day Armenian villages such as Bazmaberd and Sasnashen. The Cilician dialect is also spoken in Cyprus , where it is taught in Armenian schools (Nareg), and is the first language of about 3,000 people of Armenian descent. Forms of the Karin dialect of Western Armenian are spoken by several hundred thousand people in Northern Armenia, mostly in Gyumri , Artik , Akhuryan , and around 130 villages in

828-834: The Classical Armenian voiced stops and voiced affricates to aspirated stops and aspirated affricates and replaced the plain stops and affricates with voiced consonants. Specifically, here are the shifts from Classical Armenian to Western Armenian: As a result, a word like [dʒuɹ] 'water' (spelled ⟨ջուր⟩ in Classical Armenian) is cognate with Western Armenian [tʃʰuɹ] (also spelled ⟨ջուր⟩ ). However, [tʰoɹ] 'grandson' and [kʰaɹ] 'stone' are pronounced similarly in both Classical and Western Armenian. Western Armenian uses Classical Armenian orthography , also known as traditional Mashtotsian orthography. The Armenian orthography reform , commonly known as

864-520: The Ottoman Empire Arshak Hayrapetyan (born 1978), Armenian freestyle wrestler Arshak Jamalyan or Djamalian (1882–1940), Armenian politician and minister during First Republic of Armenia Arshak Koryan (born 1995), Russian Armenian footballer Arshak Petrosian (born 1953), Armenian chess player and coach Arshak Sarkissian (born 1981), Armenian painter Arshak Ter-Gukasov (1819–1881), Armenian Lieutenant-General of

900-455: The Present or imperfect conjugated forms of the verb em (to be): but: Adjectives in Armenian do not decline for case or number, and precede the noun: Verbs in Armenian are based on two basic series of forms, a "present" form and an "imperfect" form. From this, all other tenses and moods are formed with various particles and constructions. There is a third form, the preterite, which in Armenian

936-723: The Russian Empire Arshak Vramian (1871–1915), Ottoman Armenian politician, member of the Ottoman parliament elected from Van Province, Ottoman Empire. He was killed just before the Siege of Van. Arshag [ edit ] Arshag Chobanian (1872–1954), Ottoman born Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, poet, translator, literary critic, playwright, philologist, and novelist Arshag Karagheusian (1872–1963), Armenian rug manufacturer, co-owner of A & M Karagheusian Arshag Nersesian (1872–1940) better known by

972-474: The accusative case has merged with the dative case, so the accusative of 'I' would be ինծի, the accusative of 'you' would be քեզի, and so on. Speech which retains the accusative is usually seen as more formal and prestigious. The accusative case is hardly seen in both formal and informal speech; it has merged with the dative. Western Armenian Online Dictionaries Arshag Karagheusian Arshag Karagheusian and his brother Miran Karagheusian (1874–1948) fled

1008-674: The carpet for Radio City Music Hall in 1932 and for the United States Supreme Court building in 1933. The company A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. was headquartered at 295 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan . The manufacturing plant was located in Freehold Borough, New Jersey , where it operated for 60 years before closing in 1964. At its peak operation in the 1930s, it employed 1,700 people. They stopped manufacturing oriental-style carpets in 1953. Arshag Karagheusian and his wife had

1044-532: The dominant Armenian variety, but as a result of the Armenian genocide , the speakers of Western Armenian were mostly murdered or exiled. Those who fled to Eastern Armenia now speak either Eastern Armenian or have a diglossic situation between Western Armenian dialects in informal usage and an Eastern Armenian standard. The only Western Armenian dialect still spoken in Western Armenia is the Homshetsi dialect , since

1080-437: The future is made by adding bidi : For the exceptions: bidi əllam, unenam, kidnam, garenam (I shall be, have, know, be able). In vernacular language, the particle "gor" is added after the verb to indicate present progressive tense. The distinction is not made in literary Armenian. The verb without any particles constitutes the subjunctive mood, such as "if I eat, should I eat, that I eat, I wish I eat": In informal speech,

1116-735: The language in Los Angeles , which is home to the largest concentration of Western Armenians. Shushan Karapetian , in her evaluation of both the Eastern and Western dialects of Armenian, concludes that heritage languages, in the face of an English dominant society, rapidly die out within no more than 2 generations, calling America a "linguistic graveyard." In US census data, the percentage of people of Armenian ancestry who speak Western Armenian at home has rapidly declined, down from 25% in 1980 to 16% in 2000. Western Armenian has eight monophthongs. Western Armenian has ten environments in which two vowels in

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1152-635: The most part, mutually intelligible for educated or literate users of the other, while illiterate or semiliterate users of lower registers of each one may have difficulty understanding the other variant. One phonological difference is that voiced stops in Eastern Armenian are voiceless in Western Armenian. Western Armenian is spoken by Armenians of most of the Southeastern Europe and Middle East except for Iran , and Rostov-on-Don in Russia . It

1188-465: The orthography appear next to each other, called diphthongs. By definition, they appear in the same syllable. For those unfamiliar with IPA symbols, / j / represents the English "y" sound. The Armenian letter "ե" is often used in combinations such as / ja / (ya) and / jo / (yo). If used at the beginning of a word, "ե" alone is sufficient to represent / jɛ / (as in yes). The Armenian letter "յ"

1224-540: The pseudonym Sebouh, Armenian general who was the right-hand man of General Andranik Ozanian See also [ edit ] Arsaces , classical Latinised alternative of the Armenian name Arshak Alternative name of Asaak , an ancient city which was a capital of the Parthian Empire Arshakid Mausoleum , or Tomb of the Arshakid Kings or Arshakuni Tomb, a grave monument complex that sits along

1260-417: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arshak&oldid=1256756120 " Categories : Given names Armenian masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

1296-433: The six cases, the nominative and accusative are the same, except for personal pronouns, and the genitive and dative are the same, meaning that nouns have four distinct forms for case. Nouns in Armenian also decline for number (singular and plural). Declension in Armenian is based on how the genitive is formed, since all other cases are consistent. There are several declensions , but one is dominant (the genitive in i ) while

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