Վազգէն
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Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from an Iranian name formed with a cognate of Persian وزغ (vazağ, “toad”) and the diminutive suffix -ēn, on which see Զաւէն (Zawēn).
Proper noun
[edit]Վազգէն • (Vazgēn)
- a male given name, Vazgen
Declension
[edit]a-type
Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: Վազգեն (Vazgen) (learned)
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 638–639
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վազգէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 5
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 90