Persian - Armenian Twins 🇮🇷🇦🇲
The Armenian language contains many terms derived from Old Iranian languages as a result of centuries of interaction between Iranian peoples and the people of the Armenian highlands. As a result, modern Armenian and modern Persian share many cognates.
Աժդահակ (Azhdanak) & اژدها (ezhdehâ) = dragon ապատ (apat) & آباد (âbâd) = inhabited (e.g. Islamabad) ասպարէզ (asparez) & اسپریس (asparês) = racecourse ( اسپ (asb) = horse) աշխարհ (ashkharh) & شهر (shahr) = country, city արժան (arzhan) & ارزان (arzân) = cheap բժիշկ (bëzhishk) & پزشک (pezeshk) = doctor գահ (gah) & گاه (gâh) = throne, place դաշույն (dashuyn) & دشنه (dashne) = short sword, dagger դատախազ (datakhaz) & دادخواه (dâdkhwâh) = accuser, plaintiff երախ (yerakh) & رخ (rokh) = mouth, cheek երաշտ (yerasht) & رشت (rasht) = drought, very dry ժահր (zhahr) & زهر (zahr) = poison խոնաստան (khonastan) & خوان+ـستان (khwân+estân) = audience-hall, read/recite+place խրատ (khrat) & خرد (kherad) = advice, wisdom կույր (kuyr) & کور (kûr) = blind հեշտ (hesht) & هشتن (heshtan) = to permit հմայք (hëmayk’) & همایون (hamâyûn) = sorcery, blessed ձագ (jag) & زاق (zâq) = offspring ճշմարիտ (chëshmarit) & دیدن+چشم (cheshm+dīdan) = true, eye+see մահիկ (mahik) & ماه (mâh) = moon, month մեգ (meg) & میغ (mîgh) = fog, cloud միշտ (misht) & همیشه (hamîsheh) = always նախճիր (nakhchir) & نخجیر (nakhjîr) = massacre նկարեն (nëkaren) & نگارین (negârin) = painted պաշտպան (pashtpan) & پشتیبان (poshtivân) = defender, what is leant upon ռոճիկ (r’och’ik) & روزی (rûzî) = daily bread սմբակ (sëmbak) & سم (som) = hoof սպիտակ (spitak) & سفید (sefîd) = white վարդ (vard) & گل (gol) = rose վստահ (vëstah) & گستاخ (gostâkh) = confident, arrogant վնաս (vënas) & گناه (gonâh) = damage, sin քեն (k’en) & کین (kîn) = hatred
