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Alen Hayrapetiants

Lecturer

About

Lecturer, Institute of Oriental Studies Russian-Armenian University

Alen Hayrapetiants is a specialist in Iranian philology, currently serving as a Lecturer at the Institute of Oriental Studies within the Russian-Armenian University. His academic profile is defined by a deep interest in etymology, historical semantics, and comparative mythology, highlighting the intercultural ties between the Iranian world, the Ancient Near East, the Caucasus, and the broader Indo-European sphere.

Academic history
Yerevan State University, Oriental studies, Department of Iranian studies
- Bachelor's degree (2015-2019)
- Master's degree (2020-2022)

Professional Background
-Assistant to Cultural attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran, translator, and content writer at the Cultural Center of the IRI (2023 November -until now)
-Exam invigilator at the British Council (2024 March- until 2025 february)
-Customer Support Persian specialist (2018 to May 2024)

Languages
Native: Armenian, Russian, Persian.
Advanced/Intermediate: English, Spanish, German, Ossetic.
Beginner: Arabic, French.

List of publications

  • (2021) "Իրանի զրադաշտականների լեզվի որոշ բառապաշարային միավորների շուրջ"։ Արևելագիտության հարցեր, 19, էջ 145-156
  • (2022) "Նորագյուտ DNF արձանագրության խորհրդավոր բանաձևի մեկնությունը՝ "Օրհնությու՞ն, թե՞ խորհուրդ"։ Արևելագիտության հարցեր, 21, էջ 98-110։
  • Hayrapetyants, A. (2024). Missionaries in Persia: Cultural Diversity and Competing Norms in Global Catholicism, by Christian Windler. Iran and the Caucasus, 28(4-5), 516-517. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-02804017
  • Hayrapetyants, A. (2024), “Nokātī čand darbāre-ye bāvarhā-ye āryāyī, āyīn-e zartošt va ‘aqāyed-e dīnī-ye sakāhā”, Pažuhešhā-ye Zabānī-Adabī-ye Qafqāz va Kaspīn, Vol. 11: 53-61.
  • Hayrapetyants, A. (2024), “A Short Commentary On The Phonetic Status Of /Xw/ In Early Judeo- Persian Text "Tafsīr Of Ezekiel"”, Международная Восемнадцатая Годичная Научная Конференция, 197-202.
  • Айрапетянц, А. (2025), “Ossetica I: Заметки о некоторых словах осетинского языка”, Pažuhešhā-ye Zabānī-Adabī-ye Qafqāz va Kaspīn, Vol. 12: 27-39.
  • Айрапетянц, А. (2025), “Армяно-Осетинские языковые связи: состояние изучения вопроса”, Caucaso-Caspica X: 65-72.
  • Айрапетянц А. А. Еще раз об этимологии мифонима «Сослан», NARTAMONGÆ. 2025. Vol. XX. С. 276–285.
  • Hayrapetiants, A. (2025). Sanctity, Gender and Authority in Medieval Caucasia, by Nikoloz Aleksidze. Iran and the Caucasus, 29(2), 229-231. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573384X-02902009
  • Асатрян Г.С., Айрапетянц А.А. Талышский язык по обе стороны Аракса // Социолингвистика. 2025. No 2 (22). С.64–84. DOI: 10.37892/2713-2951-2-22-64-84

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