Պելուժավր
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested only in Patmutʻiwn vracʻ as the name of Pelužavr Siwnecʻi, a 4th century Siwni princess and companion to Queen Salome. Corresponds to Old Georgian პეროჟავრ (ṗerožavr) in the Georgian version. An Iranian name related to Պերոզ (Peroz). See Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pylʿc /Pērōz/) for more.
Proper noun
[edit]Պելուժավր • (Pelužavr)
- a female given name
- 13th century, Patmutʻiwn vracʻ [The History of Georgians] :[1][2]
- Ապա եկն առ նա թագաւորն եւ կին իւր, եւ Պելուժավր Սիւնեցին, եւ բազմութիւն ժողովրդոց․ եւ նստեալ շուրջ զնովաւ՝ լային։
- Apa ekn aṙ na tʻagaworn ew kin iwr, ew Pelužavr Siwnecʻin, ew bazmutʻiwn žoġovrdocʻ; ew nsteal šurǰ znovaw, layin.
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Then the king and his wife came to her, and also Pelušavr of Siunikʿ and a crowd of people. Sitting around her, they wept.
- Ապա եկն առ նա թագաւորն եւ կին իւր, եւ Պելուժավր Սիւնեցին, եւ բազմութիւն ժողովրդոց․ եւ նստեալ շուրջ զնովաւ՝ լային։
Usage notes
[edit]- In modern sources the name has been written as Պերոզավր (Perozavr), Պերոզաւր (Perozawr), Պերոժաւր (Perožawr), Պելուծավր (Pelucavr).
- It is often wrongly assumed that Pelužavr Siwnecʻi was male.
Related terms
[edit]- Պերոզ (Peroz)
References
[edit]- ^ J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʻiwn vracʻ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʻiwnkʻ naxneacʻ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 67
- ^ Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 141
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1948) “Պերոժաւր”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 263
- Ališan, Ġewond (1893) Sisakan : Teġagrutʻiwn Siwneacʻ ašxarhi [Sisakan: A topography of the province Syunik], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 10, 523
- Melikʻsetʻ-Bek, L. (1934) Vracʻ aġbyurnerə Hayastani ew hayeri masin [Georgian sources on Armenia and the Armenians][1] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Press (PetHrat), pages 22, 174