Արև

See also: արև

Armenian

Etymology

From արև (arew, “sun”). Historically a male name, now primarily borne by women.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾev/, [ɑɾév]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾev/, [ɑɾév]

Proper noun

Արև • (Arew)

1. a female given name, Arev

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Արև (Arew)
dative	Արևի (Arewi)
ablative	Արևից (Arewicʻ)
instrumental	Արևով (Arewov)
locative	—
	definite forms
nominative	Արևը/Արևն (Arewə/Arewn)
dative	Արևին (Arewin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Արևս (Arews)
dative	Արևիս (Arewis)
ablative	Արևիցս (Arewicʻs)
instrumental	Արևովս (Arewovs)
locative	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Արևդ (Arewd)
dative	Արևիդ (Arewid)
ablative	Արևիցդ (Arewicʻd)
instrumental	Արևովդ (Arewovd)
locative	—

Derived terms

• (diminutives) Արևիկ (Arewik)

Further reading

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արև”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 272
• “Արև”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980