Grabar

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Grabar is the classical form of the Armenian language used in literature, liturgy, and scholarship from antiquity through the Middle Ages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Grabar canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classical language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ
scholarly language ⓘ
stage of the Armenian language ⓘ
alternativeName Classical Armenian ⓘ
Old Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Classical Armenian
associatedWithChurch Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Catholic Church ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
countryOrRegion Armenia ⓘ
culturalSignificance key component of Armenian literary heritage ⓘ
symbol of Armenian Christian tradition ⓘ
developedFrom Proto-Armenian ⓘ
hasVariant Classical Armenian ⓘ
influenced Middle Armenian ⓘ
Modern Eastern Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Armenian

Modern Western Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Western Armenian
languageBranch Armenian branch ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
nativeName գրաբար ⓘ
notableEvent used for early Armenian patristic literature ⓘ
used for the earliest Armenian Bible translation ⓘ
notableWorkLanguageOf Armenian Bible ⓘ
writings of Gregory of Narek ⓘ
writings of Mesrop Mashtots ⓘ
writings of Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
region Caucasus ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
standardizedBy Mesrop Mashtots ⓘ
startTime 5th century ⓘ
status no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ
used as a liturgical and scholarly language ⓘ
successor Middle Armenian ⓘ
Modern Armenian ⓘ
linked to: Middle Armenian
timePeriod Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
usedAs liturgical language of the Armenian Church ⓘ
usedFor biblical commentaries ⓘ
hagiographic works ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ
theological texts ⓘ
usedIn Armenian Apostolic Church liturgy ⓘ
Armenian Catholic Church liturgy ⓘ
Armenian historical scholarship ⓘ
Armenian literature ⓘ
Armenian religious scholarship ⓘ
writingSystem Armenian alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armenian Bible → language → Grabar ⓘ
Mashdots → language → Grabar ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashdots (Ritual book)
Movses Khorenatsi → wroteIn → Grabar ⓘ
գրաբար → nameInEnglish → Grabar ⓘ