Armenia in other languages: Hayastan, Yerevan, flag and the marzer
Armenia is Հայաստան, Hayastan, in Armenian, officially Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, the Republic of Armenia, with the ISO codes AM, ARM and 051. Its name is listed in 179 languages and varieties, Yerevan in 94, with the ten provinces in Armenian and Russian and the Caucasus Kurdish names of three towns.
Official languagesArmenian (հայերեն, hayeren)
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- alpha-2
- AM
- alpha-3
- ARM
- numeric
- 051
Հայաստանի ՀանրապետությունHayastani Hanrapetout̕youn
- English
- ArmeniaRepublic of Armenia
- Capital
- ԵրևանYerevan
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing: red, blue and apricot bands, 1200 by 600 units.
Armenia in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Welsh, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Latin, Ladin, Malagasy, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Polish, Romansh, Romanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Albanian, Swahili | eng / arg / ast / bre / cym / eus / fao / fin / fkv / glg / ina / ind / ita / lat / lld / mlg / nor / nov / oci / pol / roh / ron / scn / sme / spa / sqi / swa | Armenia | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish, Dutch | afr / lim / nld | Armenië | same as written |
| Czech, French, Jersey Norman French | ces / fra / jnf | Arménie | same as written |
| Danish, Saterland Frisian, Swedish | dan / stq / swe | Armenien | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Armenien | same as written |
| Catalan, Sardinian | cat / srd | Armènia | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Armeńska | same as written |
| Gagauz, Karakalpak | gag / kaa | Armeniya / Армения | Armeniya |
| Croatian, Slovenian | hrv / slv | Armenija | same as written |
| Javanese, Tetum | jav / tet | Arménia | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Armeniya | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Ermənistan / Ермәнистан | Ermənistan |
| Bambara | bam | Arameni | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Ermenija / Ерменија / ئەرمەنٖىيا | Ermenija |
| Cornish | cor | Armeni | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Ermenistan / Эрменистан | Ermenistan |
| Kashubian | csb | Armenijô | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Armenujo, Armenio | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Armeenia | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Armènie | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Armeenje | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Armenie | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Airmeinia, Arminia | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Airméin / An Airméin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Armeain | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Ameni | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Örményország | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Aminia | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Armenía | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Ermenistan, Ermênya | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Armēnija | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Armėnija | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Armenja | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Armenia / Армения | Armenia |
| Maori | mri | Āmenia | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Armenia / ارمينيا | Armenia |
| Nahuatl | nah | Armentlān | same as written |
| Old Norse | non | Ermland | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Arménîn | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Arménia / Armênia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Arminya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Armeniya / आर्मेनिया | Armeniya |
| Aromanian | rup | Ermenia | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Arménsko | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Armenia / Армениа, Armenzem / Армензем | Armenia, Armenzem |
| Samogitian | smg | Armienėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Amenia | same as written |
| Somali | som | Armeeniya | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Armenya | same as written |
| Talysh | tly | Ərməniston / Әрмәнистон | Ərməniston |
| Tongan | ton | ʻAminia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Ermenistan / Эрменистан, Armeniýa / Армения | Ermenistan, Armeniýa |
| Turkish | tur | Ermenistan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Armaniston / Арманистон / ئەرمەنىستان | Armaniston |
| Veps | vep | Armenii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ác-mê-ni-a | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Larmenän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Armeeniä | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Årmeneye | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Armeeni | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Ermenıstan | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Армєні́ꙗ | Armenī́ja |
| Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Kumyk, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / kum / rus / tyv / udm / xal | Армения | Armenija |
| Lezgi, Tabassaran | lez / tab | Эрменистан | Ėrmenistan |
| Abkhaz | abk | Ермантәыла | Ermantwyla |
| Avar | ava | Эрменистан, Цӏамухъ | Ėrmenistan, C̣amuq̄ |
| Bashkir | bak | Әрмәнстан / Ärmänstan | Ärmänstan |
| Belarusian | bel | Арменія / Armienija, Армэнія / Armenija | Armienija, Armenija |
| Chechen | che | Армени / Armeni | Armeni |
| Chuvash | chv | Армени | Armeni |
| Kazakh | kaz | Армения / ارمەنيا / Armenïya | Armenïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Ермэлы | Jermăly |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Армения / ارمەنىيا / Armeniya | Armeniya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Ермәньстан / Êrmenistan, Әрмәнистан / Ermenîstan, Фьльстан / Filistan, Һайастан / Hayastan | Êrmenistan, Ermenîstan, Filistan, Hayastan |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Эрмения | Ėrmenija |
| Lak | lbe | Арманий | Armanij |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Армений | Armenij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Ерменија | Ermenija |
| Mongolian | mon | Армен | Armen |
| Ossetian | oss | Сомих, Армени | Somiȟ, Armeni |
| Rusyn | rue | Арменія | Armenija |
| Yakut | sah | Эрмээн Сирэ | Ärmään Sirä |
| Serbian | srp | Јерменија / Jermenija, Арменија / Armenija | Jermenija, Armenija |
| Tatar | tat | Әрмәнстан / Ärmänstan / ئەرمەنستان | Ärmänstan |
| Tajik | tgk | Арманистон / ارمنستان / Armaniston | Armaniston |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Вірменія | Virmenija |
| Old Persian | peo | 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 | Armina |
| Arabic | ara | أرمينيا | Armīniyā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ائرمنیستان / Ermənistan | Ermənistan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ئەرمەنستان / Ermenistan, ئەرمینیا / Ermînya, ئەرمەنیا / Ermenya | Ermenistan, Ermînya, Ermenya |
| Persian | fas | ارمنستان / Armanestân | Armanestân |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | آرمینیا | Ārmīniyā |
| Dari | prs | ارمنستان | Armanestān |
| Pashto | pus | ارمنستان, ارمنيا | Armanistān, Armaniyā |
| Uyghur | uig | ئەرمېنىيە / Erméniye / Әрмения | Erméniye |
| Urdu | urd | آرمینیا | Ārmīniyā |
| Dhivehi | div | އަރްމީނިއާ | Armīniā |
| Syriac | syr | ܐܪܡܝܢܝܐ | Armīniyā |
| Hebrew | heb | ארמניה | Armenyah |
| Ladino | lad | ארמיניה / Armenia | Armenia |
| Yiddish | yid | אַרמעניע | Armenye |
| Berber (Tifinagh) | ber | ⴰⵔⵎⵉⵏⵢⴰ / Arminya | Arminya |
| Kabyle | kab | ⴰⵔⵎⴻⵏⵢⴰ / Armenya | Armenya |
| Amharic | amh | አርመኒያ, አርሜንያ | Ărmäniya, Ărmenya |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Αρμενία | Armenía |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ἀρμενία | Armenía |
| Armenian | hye | Հայաստան, Հայք | Hayastan, Hayk̕ |
| Georgian | kat | სომხეთი, სასომხეთი | Somȟeṭi, Sasomȟeṭi |
| Laz | lzz | სომხეთი / Somxeti, არმენია / Armenia | Somxeti, Armenia |
| Mingrelian | xmf | სომხეთი | Somȟeṭi |
| Hindi | hin | आर्मेनिया, आर्मीनिया, आर्मिनिया, अर्मइन | Ārmeniyā, Ārmīniyā, Ārminiyā, Armain |
| Marathi | mar | आर्मिनिया | Ārminiyā |
| Bengali | ben | আর্মেনিয়া | Ārmeniyā |
| Gujarati | guj | આર્મેનિયા | Ārmeniyā |
| Oriya | ori | ଆରମେନିଆ | Ārmeniā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਅਰਮੀਨੀਆ | Armīnīā |
| Sinhala | sin | ආර්මේනියාව | Ārmēniyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಅರ್ಮೇನಿಯ | Armēniya |
| Malayalam | mal | അര്മേനിയ | Armēniya |
| Tamil | tam | ஆர்மீனியா | Ārmīṉiyā |
| Telugu | tel | ఆర్మేనియా | Ārmēniyā |
| Chinese | zho | 亞美尼亞/亚美尼亚 | Yàměiníyà |
| Japanese | jpn | アルメニア | Arumenia |
| Korean | kor | 아르메니아 | Areumenia |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨར་མེ་ནི་ཡ། | Ar.me.ni.ya |
| Burmese | mya | အာမေးနီးယား | Amènìyà |
| Thai | tha | อาร์เมเนีย | Ā[r]mēniya |
| Lao | lao | ອາກເມນີ, ອັກເມເນຍ | Ākmēnī, Âkmēniya |
| Khmer | khm | អាមេនី, អារមីនៀ | Āmenī, Ārmīnie |
Armenian itself has two names, Հայաստան (Hayastan) and the older Հայք (Hayk̕). Caucasus Kurdish lists four, among them the Armenian Һайастан / Hayastan.
Hayastan and Armenia: the inside and the outside name
Armenians call their country Հայաստան, Hayastan, and themselves հայ, hay. The older native name Հայք, Hayk̕, is tied by tradition to Hayk, the legendary patriarch of the Armenians; the form Hayastan became common in the Middle Ages with the Persian suffix -stan, place. The name Armenia comes from outside. It appears as Armina in the Old Persian Behistun inscription of 515 BC, and Greek authors used Armenía from Hecataeus of Miletus on.
The exonyms follow that outside line almost everywhere, but split by the first vowel. Western European languages have Armenia, Armenien, Arménie. Turkish and the languages near it write Ermenistan, with the same -stan ending as Hayastan: Azerbaijani Ermənistan, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen Ermenistan, Zazaki Ermenıstan. Persian has ارمنستان, Armanestân. Two languages use names of another origin entirely. Georgian calls the country სომხეთი, Somȟeṭi, and Hungarian Örményország, with ország, country.
Yerevan in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Italian | eng / ita | Yerevan | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, West Frisian, Icelandic, Maltese, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish | afr / ces / dan / est / fin / fry / isl / mlt / nor / slk / swe | Jerevan | same as written |
| Aragonese, Catalan, Basque, Croatian, Dutch, Occitan, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian | arg / cat / eus / hrv / nld / oci / por / ron / slv | Erevan | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Eriwan, Jerewan | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Yereván | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İrəvan / Ирәван | İrəvan |
| Bosnian | bos | Erevan / Ереван / ئەرەوان | Erevan |
| Esperanto | epo | Erevano | same as written |
| French | fra | Erevan, Yerevan | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Yèrèvan | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Yerevan | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Iereván | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Erevàn | same as written |
| Upper Sorbian | hsb | Jerewan | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Jereván | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Erîwan, Êrîvan, Rewan | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Eroanum, Erevanum, Terva | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Erevāna | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Jerevanas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Erevan / Ереван | Erevan |
| Malay | msa | Yerevan / ييريۏان | Yerevan |
| Dutch | nld | Jerevan, Erevan | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Erywań, Erewań | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Yiriwan | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Jerevan / Йереван | Jerevan |
| Samogitian | smg | Jerevans | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Ereván, Yereván | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Ereván | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Ereban, Erewan | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Ýerewan / Ереван | Ýerewan |
| Turkish | tur | Erivan, Revan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Yerevan / Ереван / يېرېۋەن | Yerevan |
| Zazaki | zza | Yerêvan | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Єрєва́нъ | Erevánŭ |
| Bashkir | bak | Ереван / Yerevan | Yerevan |
| Belarusian | bel | Ерэван / Jerevan | Jerevan |
| Bulgarian | bul | Ереван | Erevan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Ереван / ەرەۆان / Erevan | Erevan |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Ереван / يەرەۋان / Yerevan | Yerevan |
| Mongolian | mon | Ереван | Jerevan |
| Russian | rus | Ереван, Эривань | Jerevan, Ėrivan' |
| Serbian | srp | Јереван / Jerevan | Jerevan |
| Tatar | tat | Ереван / Yerevan / يېرېۋان | Yerevan |
| Tajik | tgk | Ирвон / ایروان / Irvon, Ереван / ایریون / Erevan | Irvon, Erevan |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Єреван | Jerevan |
| Arabic | ara | يريفان, أريفان | Yirīfān, Arīfān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایروان / İrəvan | İrəvan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ڕەوان / Ṟewan, یەریڤان / Yerîvan | Ṟewan, Yerîvan |
| Persian | fas | ایروان / Irvân | Irvân |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | یروان | Yaravān |
| Pashto | pus | يېرېوان, اېرېوان | Yerewān, Erewān |
| Uyghur | uig | ئېرېۋان / Éréwan / Ереван | Éréwan |
| Urdu | urd | یریوان | Yarīvān |
| Syriac | syr | ܝܪܝܘܢ | Yerīwan |
| Hebrew | heb | ירון / ירוון, ירוואן, ירבאן | Yerevan, Yerevān, Yereṿān |
| Yiddish | yid | יערעװאַן | Yerevan |
| Amharic | amh | ዬሬቫን, የሬቫን | Yerevan, Yärevan |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Ερεβάν, Εριβάν, Υερεβάν | Ereván, Eriván, Yereván |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ἐριβάν, Ὑερεβάν | Eriván, Hyereván |
| Armenian | hye | Երևան / Երեվան | Yerevan |
| Georgian | kat | ერევანი | Erevani |
| Hindi | hin | येरेवान, यरेवान | Yerevān, Yarevān |
| Marathi | mar | येरेवान | Yerewān |
| Bengali | ben | এরিবান, ইয়েরেভান, য়েরেভান | Eribān, Iyerebʰān, Yerebʰān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਯੇਰੇਵਾਨ | Yerevān |
| Kannada | kan | ಯೆರೆವಾನ್ | Yerevān |
| Malayalam | mal | യെരെവാൻ, യെരേവാൻ | Yerevān, Yerēvān |
| Tamil | tam | எரேவான், ஏரேவன் | Erēvāṉ, Ērēvaṉ |
| Telugu | tel | యెరెవాం | Yerevāṃ |
| Chinese | zho | 埃裡溫/埃里温 | Āilǐwēn |
| Japanese | jpn | エレヴァン, エレバン | Erevan, Ereban |
| Korean | kor | 예레반 | Ereban |
| Thai | tha | เยเรวาน | Yērēwān |
| Khmer | khm | យេរេវ៉ាន | Yerevān |
Yerevan, Eriwan, Erivan: one city, many spellings
Yerevan, Երևան, has the most variable spelling of any name on the page. Armenian itself writes it with the ligature և or with ե and վ. Russian has Ереван next to the older Эривань, German Eriwan and Jerewan, Turkish Erivan and Revan, Polish Erywań and Erewań, and Latin three forms, Eroanum, Erevanum and Terva.
The province names follow one pattern: a place name in the genitive and the word marz, Aragacotni marz, Ararati marz. Russian turns the place name into an adjective and adds область, so Արագածոտնի մարզ is Арагацотнская область.
Hayastani marzer: the provinces of Armenia
Armenia has ten provinces, marzer (մարզեր), and the capital Yerevan with a status of its own. Each row gives the Armenian name with marz, the Russian name, the English name, the ISO 3166-2 code and the administrative centre.
| ISO 3166-2 | Armenian | Russian | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces and capital մարզեր marzer11 | |||||
| AM-AG | Արագածոտնի մարզAragacotni marz | Арагацотнская областьAragacotnskaja oblast' | Aragatsotn Province | ԱշտարակAštarak | |
| AM-AR | Արարատի մարզArarati marz | Араратская областьAraratskaja oblast' | Ararat Province | ԱրտաշատArtašat | |
| AM-AV | Արմավիրի մարզArmaviri marz | Армавирская областьArmavirskaja oblast' | Armavir Province | ԱրմավիրArmavir | |
| AM-ER | ԵրևանYerevan | ЕреванJerevan | Yerevan | ԵրևանYerevan | |
| AM-GR | Գեղարքունիքի մարզGeġark̕ounik̕i marz | Гехаркуникская областьGeȟarkunikskaja oblast' | Gegharkunik Province | ԳավառGavaṙ | |
| AM-KT | Կոտայքի մարզKotayk̕i marz | Котайкская областьKotajkskaja oblast' | Kotayk Province | ՀրազդանHrazdan | |
| AM-LO | Լոռու մարզLoṙou marz | Лорийская областьLorijskaja oblast' | Lori Province | ՎանաձորVanadzor | |
| AM-SH | Շիրակի մարզŠiraki marz | Ширакская областьŠirakskaja oblast' | Shirak Province | ԳյումրիGyoumri | |
| AM-SU | Սյունիքի մարզSyounik̕i marz | Сюникская областьSjunikskaja oblast' | Syunik Province | ԿապանKapan | |
| AM-TV | Տավուշի մարզTavouši marz | Тавушская областьTavušskaja oblast' | Tavush Province | ԻջևանIǰevan | |
| AM-VD | Վայոց Ձորի մարզVayoc̕ Dzori marz | Вайоц-Дзорская областьVajoc-Dzorskaja oblast' | Vayots Dzor Province | ԵղեգնաձորYeġegnadzor | |
Codes and English names: ISO 3166-2:AM on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026. The provinces date from 11 April 1995 and their codes are unchanged; ISO corrected only the label of its romanisation system, in 2018.
Armenian towns and their Caucasus Kurdish names
| Armenian | Caucasus Kurdish | Latin |
|---|---|---|
| Աշտարակ (Aštarak) | Әштәрәк; Һәштәрәк; Аштарак | Eşterek; Heşterek; Aştarak |
| Արտաշատ (Artašat) | Арташат | Artaşat |
| Գյումրի (Gyoumri) | Гӧмри | Gumrî |
Each Kurdish form is given in Cyrillic and in Latin script; Ashtarak has three variants.
Questions about the names of Armenia
What do Armenians call Armenia?
Հայաստան, Hayastan. The official name is Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն, Hayastani Hanrapetout̕youn, the Republic of Armenia.
What are the marzer of Armenia?
The ten provinces, marzer (մարզեր), from Aragatsotn (AM-AG) to Vayots Dzor (AM-VD). Yerevan, AM-ER, has a separate status as the capital.
What does the flag of Armenia look like?
Three horizontal bands of red, blue and apricot, in the proportion 1:2.