Eduard Aghayan

Eduard Aghayan (; March 16, 1913 – December 29, 1991) was an Armenian linguist and philologist.

Career Aghayan was born in Meghri and studied at a local primary school before working at a kolkhoz as an accountant. In 1933 he was admitted to Yerevan State University (YSU), which he graduated in 1938 and completed his post-graduate studies in 1939. In 1941 he defended his Candidate of Sciences thesis and his doctoral thesis in 1945. He was named professor in 1946.

He died in Yerevan.

His Introduction to Linguistics (Լեզվաբանության ներածություն) was originally published in Armenian in 1952 and was approved by Soviet Ministry of Education as a university textbook and was published in Russian (Введение в языкознание) in 1959. Aghayan also authored books on the grammar of Classical Armenian (1964) and dialects (1984). He also edited the works of Hrachia Acharian, his mentor.

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