Armenian proverbs : a paremiological study with an anthology of 2'500 Armenian folk sayings PDF
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Armenian Proverbs A Paremiological Study With an Anthology of 2,500 Armenian Folk Sayings Selected and Translated Into English By Dora Sakayan McGill University CARAVAN BOOKS DELMAR, NEW YORK 1994 This material is presented solely for non-commercial educational/research purposes. Published by Caravan Books Delmar, New York 12054-0344, U.S.A. First Printing 1994 Second Printing 1995 Third Printing 1997 © 1994 Dora Sakayan All rights reserved Printed and made in the United States of America ® The paper used in this publication conforms to the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Publications and Documents in Libraries and Archives ANSI/NISO/Z39.48—1992. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sakayan, Dora. Armenian proverbs : a paremiological study With an anthology of 2,500 Armenian folk sayings / Selected and translated into English by Dora Sakayan. — 1st p. cm. — (Anatolian and Caucasian studies) Text in English; proverbs in Armenian and English. Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-88206-084-8 (alk. paper) Title. II. Series. PN6519.A75S25 1994 398.9'91992—dc20 94-28817 CIP ANATOLIAN AND CAUCASIAN STUDIES General Editor John A. C. Greppin, Cleveland State University Volumes Published in this Series John A. C. Greppin Classical and Middle Armenian Bird Names: A Linguistic, Taxonomic, and Mythological Study (1978) First International Conference on Armenian Linguistics ed. by John A. C. Greppin (1981) Antoine Meillet Altarmenisches Elementarbuch (1913; rpt. 1981) Martiros Minassian Grammaire d'armenien oriental (1982) Dee Ann Holisky Aspect and Georgian Medial Verbs (1982) Igor M. Diakonoff The Pre-history of the Armenian People (1985) John A. C. Greppin Bark‘ Galianosi: The Greek-Armenian Dictionary to Galen (1985) Chato Gudjedjiani and Letas Palmaitis A Svan-English Dictionary ed. by B. George Hewitt (1985) John A. C. Greppin and Amalya H. Khatchaturian A Handbook of Armenian Dialectology (1986) Igor M. Diakonoff and V. P. Neroznak Phrygian (1986) Fourth International Conference on Armenian Linguistics ed. by John A. C, Greppin (1992) Thomas V. Gamkrelidze Alphabetic Writing and the Old Georgian Script: A Typology and Provenience of Alphabetic Writing Systems (1994) Dora Sakayan Armenian Proverbs (1994) The Indigenous Languages of the Caucasus Vol. 1: The Kartvelian Languages ed. by Alice C. Harris (1992) Vol. 2: The North West Caucasian Languages ed. by B. George Hewitt (1989) Vol. 3: The North East Caucasian Languages, Part 1 ed. by D. Michael Job and Rieks Smeets (in prep.) Vol 4: The North East Caucasian Languages, Part 2 ed. by Rieks Smeets (1994) ա mp baugfjters £lfea anbUtltty Contents Acknowledgments 11 INTRODUCTORY STUDY Introduction 13 1. The Language of Armenian Proverbs 25 2. The Structure 39 3. Figures of Speech 51 4. The Translation 62 5. The Content and the Origin 80 6. The Armenian Content 95 6.1 Food and Eating Patterns 102 6.2 Family Proverbs 116 6.3 Folk Beliefs 132 7 ANTHOLOGY I Մարդկային յարարերութիւններ և լեզուի ուժը Human Relations and the Power of Language 171 II Պատուիրաններ Commandments 201 III Ընտանիր և ազգականն եր Family and Relatives 221 IV Մարդու նկարագիր ր Human Character 263 V Մ արդու բնութիւնը Human Nature 301 VI Մարդկային վիճակներ States of Being 315 VII Հաւատր և սնոտիապաշտութիւն Beliefs and Superstitions 341 vni Գիպ և րաղար Country and City 365 IX , էքենսափորձ կրթութիւն, մասնագիտութիւն Experience, Education, Profession 375 X , Անարդարութիւն հարստութիւն և իշխանութիւն Injustice, Wealth, and Power 391 XI կեանրէն քազուած դա սեր Lessons from Life 419 XH Յաւելուած Appendix 449 8 The Armenian Alphabet 468 Glossary 473 Notes 477 Bibliography 483 Index 495 9
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