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Journal or Publication Title:

Բյուրականի աստղադիտարանի հաղորդումներ: Երևանի աստղադիտարանի բյուլետեն = Сообщения Бюраканской обсерватории. Бюллетень ереванской Астрономической обсерватории = Contributions from the Burakan observatory. Bulletin of the Erevan astronomical observatory

Date of publication:

2023

Volume:

70

Number:

1

ISSN:

2579-2276

Title:

Iron in Armenian really means a Sky Drop?

Creator:

Yeghikyan, A.

Subject:

Astronomy

Coverage:

1-6

Abstract:

In the languages of the ancient Hittites and Egyptians, and later the Greeks, iron was called celestial metal or by the close in meaning word. A browse review of iron names in several languages shows that with the exception of the mentioned three languages, in other languages the name of the iron reflects its function (hard, cutting, superpower, iron-stone, etc.) but not origin. According to the Hittite sources, iron was produced by the masters of the Hatti kingdom controlled by Hittities, located, by the way, next to the kingdom of Hayasa. Hatti adjoins the region on the southeastern coast of the Black Sea, where, according to Aristotle, the Halibs lived - craftsmen who produced the best iron. It is known that the mountain rivers of this area brought sand and accumulated in the mouths sand with a high content of magnetite, an iron-containing mineral with a lower melting point (compared to other rocks). It is this circumstance, according to geologists, that the beginning of the iron century takes place in this area in the XV-XIII centuries BC. On the basis of all of the above, the literal translation of the Armenian name of iron erkat = dropped from the sky does not seem to be meaningless. But academic philologists categorically disagree with this. In this report, a more convincing (from the astrophysicist point of view) etymology of the Armenian word erkat = er-ka = heavenly metal is proposed.

Type:

Electronic journal

Format:

pdf

Language:

en

General note:

Communications of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (ComBAO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which publishes research in observational and theoretical astronomy/astrophysics and presents recent advances in these fields. It is being published by the NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) in English in electronic form. The journal publishes original papers, review papers, brief reports, book reviews, special communications, observational and theoretical results in various fields of astronomy and related sciences, and some editorial notes, including anniversaries and obituaries. Under the heading “Legacy”, the renewed magazine will republish some old articles of high value in English. The heading “Guest articles” will bring to the attention of readers the articles of researchers who are not employees of BAO. ComBAO was founded in 1946 and regularly published in 1946-1990. However, the publication was interrupted because of the economic situation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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