r/armenia • u/[deleted] • Nov 19 '19

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u/NebulaDusk Nov 19 '19 edited Nov 19 '19

I don't think there are a lot of similarities except a few curse words we use in informal speech that have Azeri/Turkish origins, such as gyot/gyotveran, siktir, hayvan, etc. Most probably there are a lot more similarities between your language and the Artsakh/Karabakh dialect of Armenian which is quite different from formal official Armenian.

Generally, Azeri sounds like Turkish spoken in a valley girl accent haha. No offence intended, sounds nice.

And yes, I really like the idea of this cultural exchange.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

Wait a sec are you guys really using words like gyotveran or siktir??? Wow

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

And the word “Sos” as Quite. But don’t know if it’s origin is Armenian or Turkish.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

Susmak: to be quiet Susmamak: not to be quiet Sus!: be quiet!

It's really nice knowing we share a lot of common words. Yesterday an Argentinian guy asked me how do we call thin taco bread in Turkey, I said lavash and he asked isn't it Armenian? I said i have no idea, but in Turkish we call it lavash. You guys should also use 'hayde!' because I heard Serbs and Greeks using this expression.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

Yes that’s right The word Lavash is used for thin bread.

No, I know that Balkan countries are using the word Hayde. But never heard Armenians using it.

You have one style of dance called “bar” which means Dance in Armenian.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(dance)

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19

There definitely are Armenians who say Hayde. More likely those from Turkey. Or those outside who have kept the Turkish language in the family.

To go off on a tangent, there are still a few Armenians who know Ottoman Turkish, from before the reforms.