Armenianize

This has no practical use: nor, as it would seem, any symbolical meaning: I think it a mere determination to Armenianize in the matter of the niche.

In addition to always erring on the side of the potential Armenianness of any orphan, authorities at times forced confessions (true or possibly false), and they did occasionally Armenianize Muslim children or ignore when others did.

Ultimately, Haygaz and his friends believed the boy, but they decided that “even if he was a pure-bred Turk, we would keep and Armenianize him gradually.”