Introduction and Pronunciation Key

Dikranagerdtsi Vernacular Handbook

In English Transliteration

The Dikranagerdtsi dialect makes extensive use of the flat a sound, as in hat, which it borrows from Persian and Arabic. In this work, it is represented by the letter ǎ.

The letter e that appears in words like hech (nothing), and mech (within), is pronounced like the letter combination ai in hair or pair.

The oo sound, as in fool, is represented by the letter combination ou.

The uh sound, as in but, is represented by the letter u or the letter combination uh.

The oo sound in Persian, Arabic and Turkish continues to be represented by the letter u.

Language key

Where known, the words or phrases defined have a letter or abbreviation after them denoting the language origin of the word. Following are those letters/abbreviations:

A = Armenian

Ab = Arabic

G = Greek

H = Hebrew

K = Kurdish

P = Persian

T = Turkish

- C.K. Garabed