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Don Quixote
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Topic: What does Turkish sound like to non-Turks Posted: 02-Mar-2012 at 01:12 |
Turkish is a very musical language, and one those I plan to learn a little from - one day when I have time.
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Artaxiad
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Posted: 11-Feb-2006 at 01:12 |
Originally posted by Mortaza
Infact half of your surnames is turkish, but only added ian.
demircian, bardakcian ext. |
It doesn't mean that it has influenced properly spoken Armenian.
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Posted: 10-Feb-2006 at 18:03 |
Originally posted by Bashibozuk
Nalbandian. A tennis player from Armenian origin. Armenian language has many words borrowed from Turkish just like Turkish have many words from Arabic and Persian.
Greeks usually add -ides at the end of the surnames, meaning "son" as I know. They can also add "oglu" which means son in Turkish. |
the most famous ian I think
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Posted: 09-Feb-2006 at 20:59 |
I should head to the White House Greek and Middle Eastern Food which is owned by a Turkish man, located in Post Falls, Idaho. I should ask him for a sample of what Turkish sounds like- The food is great if you like lots of garlic.
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Λοιπόν, αδελφοί και οι συμπολίτες και οι στρατιώτες, να θυμάστε αυτό ώστε μνημόσυνο σας, φήμη και ελευθερία σας θα ε
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YusakuJon3
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Posted: 09-Feb-2006 at 20:56 |
I have this thought: the Turks originally hailed from central
Asia, being neighbors to the steppe cultures from which the Mongols
later emerged.
Perhaps the earliest influence on Turkish had been ancient Mongolian
and Chinese, followed by Arabic and Persian. There seems to be
quite a few words in Turkish which have something in common with
Mongolian, but having not heard either language spoken, I can't say for
certain how closely they resemble each other.
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Bashibozuk
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Posted: 06-Feb-2006 at 14:24 |
Nalbandian. A tennis player from Armenian origin. Armenian language has many words borrowed from Turkish just like Turkish have many words from Arabic and Persian.
Greeks usually add -ides at the end of the surnames, meaning "son" as I know. They can also add "oglu" which means son in Turkish.
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Garibim, namima Kerem diyorlar,
Asli'mi el almis, harem diyorlar.
Hastayim, derdime verem diyorlar,
Marasli Seyhoglu Satilmis'im ben.
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Posted: 06-Feb-2006 at 02:43 |
Armenians don't add anything next to those words. Turkish words are used only in slang language.
Infact half of your surnames is turkish, but only added ian.
demircian, bardakcian ext.
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barbar
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 15:47 |
Take it easy DayI, I guess he is dumb enough not to know the meaning of that icon.
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DayI
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 14:19 |
Originally posted by redskinsfan89
I think it sounds weird |
What sounds weird and why that "mad" icon?
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 14:17 |
I think it sounds weird
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Artaxiad
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 13:41 |
Greeks ad -is -os to the end of the loaned words, what does Armenians add? -yan(?) because many names and such is ending with -yan in Armenian |
Armenians don't add anything next to those words. Turkish words are used only in slang language.
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 13:10 |
Turkish spoken in Samsun is the closest one to Istanbul Turkish i mean the dialect
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 13:05 |
Originally posted by DayI
Originally posted by Artaxiad
| Greeks ad -is -os to the end of the loaned words, what does Armenians add? -yan(?) because many names and such is ending with -yan in Armenian
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If I'm not mistaken, -yan is "son of" as in -oglu
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 12:53 |
Originally posted by Artaxiad
In greek there are turkish words,but sound very informal,and with many b,g,d. Also the u (umlaut) sounds strange. |
Armenian, especially its' Western variation, also has some Turkish words, but those words didn't even make it to the dictionary... Most of those words have Armenian synonyms, but some people still use them. Words like:
Hayd, isht, ama, pis, janem, yavrem, chojoukh, nn, etc.
Many Armenian dishes have Turkish names, and some of them don't even have Armenian synonyms:
Keuft, Sini Keuft, Sarma, Dolma, jiger, boyreg, etc.
Turkish swear words are very popular too.
It's a bit ironic, if you know what I mean...
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Greeks ad -is -os to the end of the loaned words, what does Armenians add? -yan(?) because many names and such is ending with -yan in Armenian
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 12:36 |
Most probably she's from Sassoon...
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 12:08 |
It is said that she was from Sassoun, which is the Armenian name for the mountainous area near Moush, but I'm not sure. She might have been from Samsun too.
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kotumeyil
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 10:50 |
Most probably she didn't love the Turkish state but she might be loving the Turkish language. Although creators of it werre "barbarian" it's a nice language. By the way, which city was she from?
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 10:43 |
My great-great grandmother spoke Turkish only, and didn't know any Armenian. My mother and my grandparents had to speak Turkish with her.
I don't think it was because she loved Turkish so much.
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kotumeyil
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 10:17 |
Also many Armenians' mother tongue was Turkish and they even today know Turkish very well...
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Posted: 05-Feb-2006 at 10:15 |
It's a bit ironic, if you know what I mean... |
I think such tensions, hate, etc. can only happen between very close and similar peoples. I know that I can get along very well with an Armenian or Greek much better than with any American, Swiss, etc. We'd better establish a new tie of friendship on the basis of peace...
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