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The name ''Armenia'' enters English via Latin, from Ancient Greek . The Armenian endonym for the Armenian people and country is ''hayer'' and ''hayk’'', respectively. The exact etymology of the name is unknown, and there are various speculative attempts to connect it to older toponyms or ethnonyms. ==Etymology== The earliest attestations of the exonym ''Armenia'' date around the 6th century BC. In his trilingual Behistun Inscription, Darius I the Great of Persia refers to ''Urashtu'' (in Babylonian) as ''Armina'' (in Old Persian) and ''Harminuya'' (in Elamite). In Greek, "Armenians" is attested from about the same time, perhaps the earliest reference being a fragment attributed to Hecataeus of Miletus (476 BC).〔 " (The Armenians border on the Chalybes to the south)". 〕 Herodotus, in c. 440 BC, said "the Armenians were equipped like Phrygians, being Phrygian colonists" (7.73) ('). Xenophon describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality. He relates that the people spoke a language that to his ear sounded like the language of the Persians.〔Xenophon, Anabasis, IV.v.2-9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Name of Armenia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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