Meds Yeghern is used by Armenians synonymous with Հայոց ցեղասպանություն (Hayoc’ c’eġaspanut’yun, “Genocide of Armenians”) to refer to the Armenian Genocide the way Shoah is used by Jews to refer to the Holocaust.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meds_Yeghern
From մեծ (meç, “great”) + եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime, evil deed; calamity”).
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Date: 2012-06-05 08:06 am (UTC)Meds Yeghern is used by Armenians synonymous with Հայոց ցեղասպանություն (Hayoc’ c’eġaspanut’yun, “Genocide of Armenians”) to refer to the Armenian Genocide the way Shoah is used by Jews to refer to the Holocaust.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meds_Yeghern
From մեծ (meç, “great”) + եղեռն (eġeṙn, “crime, evil deed; calamity”).
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE_%D4%B5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%B6
եղեռն (eġeṙn)
crime, evil deed
calamity, catastrophe, disaster
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%B6#Armenian
Евреи активно используют термин "катастрофа".