Զաւէն
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Ačaṙyan, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian زو (zav), زاب (zâb). These are connected to Avestan 𐬎𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (uzauua) by Justi. According to Ačaṙyan and Hübschmann, the ending -էն (-ēn) is the Middle Iranian diminutive suffix -ēn, from Old Iranian -aina-, found also in such Iranian borrowings as Սուրէն (Surēn), Արտէն (Artēn), Գուրգէն (Gurgēn), Վազգէն (Vazgēn), Արտաշէն (Artašēn).
Proper noun
[edit]Զաւէն • (Zawēn)
- a male given name, Zawēn, Zaven
Declension
[edit]| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| genitive | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| dative | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| accusative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| ablative | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| instrumental | Զաւենաւ (Zawenaw) |
| locative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| genitive | Զաւինայ (Zawinay) |
| dative | Զաւինայ (Zawinay) |
| accusative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| ablative | Զաւինայ (Zawinay) |
| instrumental | Զաւինաւ (Zawinaw) |
| locative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: Զավեն (Zaven)
References
[edit]- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 90
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Զաւէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 176
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Uzawa”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 337