Looking for an Armenian word or phrase about patience / quiet strategy
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for the right Armenian word or short phrase, and I’d really value the ear of native speakers, a literal dictionary translation won’t cut it.
The idea I want to capture isn’t just “chess”. It’s the spirit of it : patience, quiet strategy, moving forward carefully, winning without noise. The kind of game Tigran Petrosian was famous for. Anticipating, staying calm, advancing without ever forcing it.
I’m looking for something like :
• an Armenian proverb or saying about patience, or “slow but sure”
• a word or expression for calm, deliberate progress
• anything from chess culture that carries that feeling, a term, an idiom, a turn of phrase
If you suggest something, could you also write it in Armenian script with a rough transliteration ? I’d like to get the spelling exactly right.
Thanks a lot 🙏🏼