Etymology of the Words ARYAN and ARMENIAN
http://www.armenianhighland.com/index_light.html A R M E N I A N H I G H L A N Dwww.armenianhighland.com These were prehistoric Indo-Aryan tribes of an Armenian origin - followers of the God Ara. Ashok Malhotra THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORDS ARYAN AND ARMENIAN Written by Gevork Nazaryan (Historian, Armenologist) The works of Gevork Nazaryan:http://www.armenianhighland.com/index_light.html The etymology of the word Aryan comes from Armenian and includes the root "Ar" and the ending "yan."According to a number of scholars, Ar, was a shorter version of Ara or Arar(ich), Creator. The worship of Ar was wide spread amongst early Armenians who worshipped this deity and simply called him the Creator (Ara or Ararich). Many place names like Ereban-Erevan-Arivan contain the sacred root Ar which is also found as the root of many words like ari (courageous). The "yan" ending in the term Aryan stands for offspring or simply "of." This "yan" or "ian" ending (which is simply the same word simply spelled differently), has survived in many Indo-European languages and can be found in terms that describe both nations and even concepts, having the same "of" connotation. For example we see it in the endings of various peoples such as Norweg(ians), Roman(ians), Belg(ians) etc.In English, we also use the ending "ian" to connote the meaning "of." For example Jefferson[ian] (of Jefferson) America or Clinton[ian] (of Clinton) faction etc. Armenian last names still retain the archaic ian/yan endings which mean "of" (ex. Arayan/Araian which means "of Ara," or "offspring of Ara" or Nahapetian/Nahapetyan "of Nahapet" or "offspring of Nahapet" etc.). The name Armenian is also simply a variation of the word Aryan and in many ways means the same thing. It again has the sacred "Ar" root and is followed by "men" (which in Proto-Indo-European means just that man or men ie. people) and the "ian" ending which connotes "of." So, if we unscramble or "decipher" the word - Armenian - we of course have People (men) of (ian) Ar (Ar). As we can see, the name Aryan and Armenian were simply one and the same with a slight "men" or "man" addition which meant "people." We still have the Armenian archaic word man(uk) [a babe] which carries the original meaning connoting a person (plural would be of course persons or a people). We have several ancient variations where Armenia is also called Armani or Armanum (in Akkadian inscriptions of Naram-Suen dated from 23rd century BCE) and also (again simply a slight phonetic variation) Armina (in Achaemenid inscriptions of Darius I from Sixth century BCE). The names Armenia, Armania, Armina (and a number of others) are simply variations. The IE word "man" is still used in English to connote a people. For example a Turcoman or alternatively Turkmen (was) and is used respectively to connote the Turkic inhabitant of Central Asia and presently an inhabitants of Turkmenistan. There are also many examples where "man" is used in the English language for various peoples such as "Frenchman," "Chinaman" "Englishman," etc. THE INDO-EUROPEAN HOMELAND With the spread of Indo-European from Armenian Highland, the language, the culture, the traditions and even the bloodlines of the civilization creators of Armenia spread to all parts of the ancient world. Wherever they went, the Aryans (or alternatively Armenians) took their name with them and left it there from far away Indo to the distant Ireland and ultimately beyond. In 1990, the renowned popular-scientific journal Scientific American published the meticulous study of two world renowned Indo-Europeanists, Vyacheslav Ivanov and Tamaz Gamkrelidze who pointed out that the term Aryan is simply part of the broader Armeno-Aryan branch and can only be used specifically in this context. Their studies led them to the conclusion that the original cradle of the Indo-Europeans was in Armenian Highland and that the Armenian language is the most archaic of all the still spoken Indo-European languages, having remained in its native Indo-European cradle, while several new branches had emerged and in turn themselves branched out (sub-branches) over the succeeding millennia. Their finds were also in line with those of other pioneering scholars such as Colin Renfrew, Quentin Atkinson and Russell Gray who not only expanded on their work, but also used multidisciplinary studies to show that Armenian Highland and neighboring Anatolia is indeed the cradle of all Indo-Europeans. So, to summarize the etymology of the Ar.yan - Ar[arich] = Creator, yan = of, or, "of the Creator," or, "offspring of Creator" and metaphorically, "Children, or, the People, of the Creator."
http://www.armenianhighland.com/index_light.html A R M E N I A N H I G H L A N Dwww.armenianhighland.com These were prehistoric Indo-Aryan tribes of an Armenian origin - followers of the God Ara. Ashok Malhotra THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORDS ARYAN AND ARMENIAN Written by Gevork Nazaryan (Historian, Armenologist) The works of Gevork Nazaryan:http://www.armenianhighland.com/index_light.html The etymology of the word Aryan comes from Armenian and includes the root "Ar" and the ending "yan."According to a number of scholars, Ar, was a shorter version of Ara or Arar(ich), Creator. The worship of Ar was wide spread amongst early Armenians who worshipped this deity and simply called him the Creator (Ara or Ararich). Many place names like Ereban-Erevan-Arivan contain the sacred root Ar which is also found as the root of many words like ari (courageous). The "yan" ending in the term Aryan stands for offspring or simply "of." This "yan" or "ian" ending (which is simply the same word simply spelled differently), has survived in many Indo-European languages and can be found in terms that describe both nations and even concepts, having the same "of" connotation. For example we see it in the endings of various peoples such as Norweg(ians), Roman(ians), Belg(ians) etc.In English, we also use the ending "ian" to connote the meaning "of." For example Jefferson[ian] (of Jefferson) America or Clinton[ian] (of Clinton) faction etc. Armenian last names still retain the archaic ian/yan endings which mean "of" (ex. Arayan/Araian which means "of Ara," or "offspring of Ara" or Nahapetian/Nahapetyan "of Nahapet" or "offspring of Nahapet" etc.). The name Armenian is also simply a variation of the word Aryan and in many ways means the same thing. It again has the sacred "Ar" root and is followed by "men" (which in Proto-Indo-European means just that man or men ie. people) and the "ian" ending which connotes "of." So, if we unscramble or "decipher" the word - Armenian - we of course have People (men) of (ian) Ar (Ar). As we can see, the name Aryan and Armenian were simply one and the same with a slight "men" or "man" addition which meant "people." We still have the Armenian archaic word man(uk) [a babe] which carries the original meaning connoting a person (plural would be of course persons or a people). We have several ancient variations where Armenia is also called Armani or Armanum (in Akkadian inscriptions of Naram-Suen dated from 23rd century BCE) and also (again simply a slight phonetic variation) Armina (in Achaemenid inscriptions of Darius I from Sixth century BCE). The names Armenia, Armania, Armina (and a number of others) are simply variations. The IE word "man" is still used in English to connote a people. For example a Turcoman or alternatively Turkmen (was) and is used respectively to connote the Turkic inhabitant of Central Asia and presently an inhabitants of Turkmenistan. There are also many examples where "man" is used in the English language for various peoples such as "Frenchman," "Chinaman" "Englishman," etc. THE INDO-EUROPEAN HOMELAND With the spread of Indo-European from Armenian Highland, the language, the culture, the traditions and even the bloodlines of the civilization creators of Armenia spread to all parts of the ancient world. Wherever they went, the Aryans (or alternatively Armenians) took their name with them and left it there from far away Indo to the distant Ireland and ultimately beyond. In 1990, the renowned popular-scientific journal Scientific American published the meticulous study of two world renowned Indo-Europeanists, Vyacheslav Ivanov and Tamaz Gamkrelidze who pointed out that the term Aryan is simply part of the broader Armeno-Aryan branch and can only be used specifically in this context. Their studies led them to the conclusion that the original cradle of the Indo-Europeans was in Armenian Highland and that the Armenian language is the most archaic of all the still spoken Indo-European languages, having remained in its native Indo-European cradle, while several new branches had emerged and in turn themselves branched out (sub-branches) over the succeeding millennia. Their finds were also in line with those of other pioneering scholars such as Colin Renfrew, Quentin Atkinson and Russell Gray who not only expanded on their work, but also used multidisciplinary studies to show that Armenian Highland and neighboring Anatolia is indeed the cradle of all Indo-Europeans. So, to summarize the etymology of the Ar.yan - Ar[arich] = Creator, yan = of, or, "of the Creator," or, "offspring of Creator" and metaphorically, "Children, or, the People, of the Creator."