Grabar

E229766

classical language literary language liturgical language scholarly language stage of the Armenian language

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Grabar canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classical language ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ scholarly language ⓘ stage of the Armenian language ⓘ
alternativeName	Classical Armenian ⓘ Classical Armenian ⓘ surface form: Old 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 ⓘ Eastern Armenian ⓘ surface form: Modern Eastern Armenian Western Armenian ⓘ surface form: Modern Western Armenian
languageBranch	Armenian branch ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Middle Armenian ⓘ surface form: Modern 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Classical Armenian → alternateName → Grabar ⓘ

Mashdots (Ritual book) → language → Grabar ⓘ

subject surface form: Mashdots