Armenian proverbs : a paremiological study with an anthology of 2'500 Armenian folk sayings

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by  Dora Sakayan

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
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Published by Caravan Books
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First Printing 1994
Second Printing 1995
Third Printing 1997
© 1994 Dora Sakayan
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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)
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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
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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
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