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Karmir Blur Town
Karmir in Armenian (or Garmir in Western Armenian) means red. It may also refer to: *Karmir Aghek, a village in the Lori Province of Armenia *Karmir-Astkh, a rural locality (a khutor) in Kuzhorskoye Rural Settlement of Maykopsky District, in the Adygea Republic of Russia * Karmir-Blur or Teishebaini, a capital of the Transcaucasian provinces of the ancient kingdom of Urartu * Karmir Gyugh or Karmirgyugh, a major village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia *Karmir Kar or Qızılqaya, Kalbajar, a village in the Kalbajar Rayon of Azerbaijan *Karmir-Kulali also, Kulali, a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia *Karmir Shuka or Qirmizi Bazar, a village in the Khojavend Rayon of the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan (de facto Artsakh Republic) *Karmir Vank, or Artsvanik, a village and rural community (municipality) in the Syunik Province of Armenia See also *Vordan karmir or Armenian cochineal, a scale insect indigenous to the Ararat plain and Aras (Araks) River valley in the Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Language
Armenian ( classical: , reformed: , , ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically spoken in the Armenian Highlands, today Armenian is widely spoken throughout the Armenian diaspora. Armenian is written in its own writing system, the Armenian alphabet, introduced in 405 AD by the priest Mesrop Mashtots. The total number of Armenian speakers worldwide is estimated between 5 and 7 million. History Classification and origins Armenian is an independent branch of the Indo-European languages. It is of interest to linguists for its distinctive phonological changes within that family. Armenian exhibits more satemization than centumization, although it is not classified as belonging to either of these subgroups. Some linguists tentatively conclude that Armenian, Greek (and Phrygian) and Indo-Iranian were dialectally close to each other;''Handbook of Formal Languages'' (1997p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmir Shuka
Karmir Shuka ( hy, Կարմիր Շուկա) or Girmizi Bazar ( az, Qırmızı Bazar) is a village ''de facto'' in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian population, and had an Armenian majority in 1989. Etymology The name of the village was ''Krasny Bazar'' (russian: Красный Базар) during the Soviet Union, meaning "Red Market" in Russian. The Armenian name, and the Azerbaijani rendering, also mean "Red Market". History During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Historical heritage sites Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of ''Mavas'' ( hy, Մավաս), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 18th centuries, the 17t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verin Karmiraghbyur
Verin Karmiraghbyur ( hy, Վերին Կարմիրաղբյուր) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and .... Gallery Verin Karmiraghbyur-3.jpg, Scenery Հուշաղբյուր, 1960 թ. 09.jpg, 100 year memorial spring Խաչքար, Մատաղի սար 06.jpg, Scenery Հուշարձան Երկրորդ Աշխարհամարտում զոհվածներին 06.jpg, WWII monument References External links * Populated places in Tavush Province {{Tavush-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verin Karmir Aghpyur
Verin Karmiraghbyur ( hy, Վերին Կարմիրաղբյուր) is a village in the Berd Municipality Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is located to the west of the Tavush river, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the Tavush fortress ( ... of the Tavush Province of Armenia. Gallery Verin Karmiraghbyur-3.jpg, Scenery Հուշաղբյուր, 1960 թ. 09.jpg, 100 year memorial spring Խաչքար, Մատաղի սար 06.jpg, Scenery Հուշարձան Երկրորդ Աշխարհամարտում զոհվածներին 06.jpg, WWII monument References External links * Populated places in Tavush Province {{Tavush-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Cochineal
The Armenian cochineal (''Porphyrophora hamelii''), also known as the Ararat cochineal or Ararat scale, is a scale insect indigenous to the Ararat plain and Aras (Araks) River valley in the Armenian Highlands and in Turkey. It was formerly used to produce an eponymous crimson carmine dyestuff known in Armenia as ''vordan karmir'' ( hy, որդան կարմիր, literally "worm's red") and historically in Persia as ''kirmiz''. Vedeler, citing Cardon (2007), notes that "the Persian name ''Kirmiz'' originally referred to the Armenian carmine, a parasitic insect living on Gramineae grass, but the same name was also used by Arab geographers for insects living on oak trees in Maghreb and Al-Andalus, probably referring to '' Kermes vermilio''", although " is ... not clear whether the 'Kirmiz' dyestuff mentioned in early Arab texts always refers to the use of the insect ''Kermes Vermilio''." English translation by Caroline Higgitt of Cardon's French-language book ''Le monde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vordan Karmir
The Armenian cochineal (''Porphyrophora hamelii''), also known as the Ararat cochineal or Ararat scale, is a scale insect indigenous to the Ararat plain and Aras (Araks) River valley in the Armenian Highlands and in Turkey. It was formerly used to produce an eponymous crimson carmine dyestuff known in Armenia as ''vordan karmir'' ( hy, որդան կարմիր, literally "worm's red") and historically in Persia as ''kirmiz''. Vedeler, citing Cardon (2007), notes that "the Persian name ''Kirmiz'' originally referred to the Armenian carmine, a parasitic insect living on Gramineae grass, but the same name was also used by Arab geographers for insects living on oak trees in Maghreb and Al-Andalus, probably referring to '' Kermes vermilio''", although " is ... not clear whether the 'Kirmiz' dyestuff mentioned in early Arab texts always refers to the use of the insect ''Kermes Vermilio''." English translation by Caroline Higgitt of Cardon's French-language book ''Le monde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artsvanik
Artsvanik ( hy, Արծվանիկ) is a village in the Kapan Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. Etymology The village has previously been known as ''Yeritsvanik'', ''Yeritsvank’'', ''Yertsu Vank’'', ''Karmir Vank’'', ''Yerets’'', ''Yerets'' and ''Yeretsvanik''. Demographics In 1908, Artsvanik (russian: Арцеваник) had a predominantly Armenian population of 952 within the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate of the Russian Empire. The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ... (ARMSTAT) reported its population as 578 in 2010, down from 652 at the 2001 census. Gallery Հուշարձան Երկրորդ աշխարհամարտում զոհվածներին, Սյունիք� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmir-Kulali
Aygedzor ( hy, Այգեձոր) is a village in the Berd Municipality Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is located to the west of the Tavush river, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the Tavush fortress ( ... of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The Aghjkaberd mountain fortress is located close to Aygedzor. Toponymy The village was previously known as ''Kulali''. Gallery Այգեձորի «Աղջկաբերդ»ամրոց 08.jpg, Scenery around Aghjkaberd Խաչքար Հուշաղբյուր Զորավար Անդրանիկին նվիրված հուշաղբյուրի մոտ 02.jpg, Khachkar memorial dedicated to Andranik Aghjkaberd (Tavush) 05.JPG, Aghjkaberd Այգեձորի «Աղջկաբերդ»ամրոց 05.jpg, Aghjkaberd Aghjkaberd (Tavush) 3.jpg, Scenery around Aghjkaberd Այգեձորի «Աղջկաբերդ»ամրոց 10.jpg, Nature around Aghjkaberd ՍԲ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Armenian
Western Armenian (Classical Armenian orthography, Classical spelling: , ) is one of the two standard language, standardized forms of Armenian language, Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Armenian dialect. Until the early 20th century, various Western Armenian dialects were also spoken in the Ottoman Empire, especially in the eastern regions historically populated by Armenians known as Western Armenia. The spoken or dialectal varieties of Western Armenian currently in use include Homshetsi dialect, Homshetsi, spoken by the Hemshin peoples; the dialects of Armenians of Kessab, Latakia and Jisr al-Shughur of Syria, Anjar, Lebanon, Anjar of Lebanon, and Armenians in Istanbul, Istanbul and Vakıflı, Samandağ, Vakıflı, of Turkey (part of the "Sueidia" dialect). Sasun and Mush dialect is also spoken in modern-day Armenia villages such as Bazmab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qızılqaya, Kalbajar
Harutyunagomer ( hy, Հարությունագոմեր) or Gyzylgaya ( az, Qızılqaya) is a village that is, ''de facto'', in the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; ''de jure'', it is in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. History During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap .... Historical heritage sites Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a medieval village, as well as an 18th/19th-century church and cemetery. Economy and culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karmirgyugh
Karmirgyugh ( hy, Կարմիրգյուղ, lit=Red Village) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Etymology The village is also known as ''Gyukh'', and was known as ''Kulali'' and ''Ghulali'' until 1940. History The village was founded in 1831 by emigrants from Gavar. It contains two churches with khachkars, St. Astvatsatsin and St. Grigor, and was the discovery site of a boundary stone of King Artashes, inscribed in Aramaic. There are also Urartian Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu (''Biaini'' or ''Biainili'' in Urartian), which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital, Tushpa, ... ruins nearby. Gallery Կարմիրգյուղի սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի 15.jpg, St. Astvatsatsin Church Mountain with Karmirgyugh 07.jpg, Scenery around Karmirgyugh Կարմիրգյուղի սուրբ Գրիգո� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
