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Տիգրան

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Տիգրան (Tigran).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Տիգրան (Tigran)

  1. a male given name, Tigran, Dikran, Dickran, Tigranes

Declension

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i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative Տիգրան (Tigran) Տիգրաններ (Tigranner)
dative Տիգրանի (Tigrani) Տիգրանների (Tigranneri)
ablative Տիգրանից (Tigranicʻ) Տիգրաններից (Tigrannericʻ)
instrumental Տիգրանով (Tigranov) Տիգրաններով (Tigrannerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative Տիգրանը/Տիգրանն (Tigranə/Tigrann) Տիգրանները/Տիգրաններն (Tigrannerə/Tigrannern)
dative Տիգրանին (Tigranin) Տիգրաններին (Tigrannerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Տիգրանս (Tigrans) Տիգրաններս (Tigranners)
dative Տիգրանիս (Tigranis) Տիգրաններիս (Tigranneris)
ablative Տիգրանիցս (Tigranicʻs) Տիգրաններիցս (Tigrannericʻs)
instrumental Տիգրանովս (Tigranovs) Տիգրաններովս (Tigrannerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Տիգրանդ (Tigrand) Տիգրաններդ (Tigrannerd)
dative Տիգրանիդ (Tigranid) Տիգրաններիդ (Tigrannerid)
ablative Տիգրանիցդ (Tigranicʻd) Տիգրաններիցդ (Tigrannericʻd)
instrumental Տիգրանովդ (Tigranovd) Տիգրաններովդ (Tigrannerovd)
locative

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Iranian name, but the details are disputed.[1][2] The same name is attested as Ancient Greek Τιγράνης (Tigránēs), Latin Tigrānēs, Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒉡 (Ti-ig-ra-nu).

According to Ačaṙyan, from Old Persian *Tigrāna, derived through haplology from *tigrarāna, supposedly meaning ‘fighting with arrows’ (compare Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠𐎶 (t-i-g-r-a-m /⁠tigrām⁠/, pointed, accusative singular feminine),[3] which Ačaṙyan mistakenly glosses as ‘arrow’, Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra), Sanskrit तिग्म (tigmá, pointed), and Avestan 𐬭𐬇𐬥𐬀 (rə̄na, battle, fight), Sanskrit रण (raṇa, battle)).[1] He also compares Ancient Greek Τιγραπάτης (Tigrapátēs, literally master of arrows) and, for the haplology, the Avestan name 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬁𐬰 (vīrāz) from [Term?] (*vīra-rāz-).[4] J̌ahukyan considers this explanation unlikely.[2]

More likely from Old Iranian *Tigrāna-, a patronymic formation with the suffix *-āna- from the name *Tigrā- (literally slender), reflected in Elamite 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (Ti-ig-ra), Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒀪 (Ti-ig-ra-ʾ), from the above-discussed word for ‘pointed’.[5][6][7]

Proper noun

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Տիգրան (Tigran)

  1. a male given name, Tigran, Tigranes

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: Տիգրան (Tigran) (learned)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Տիգրան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, pages 146–147
  2. 2.0 2.1 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1981) “Movses Xorenacʻu “Hayocʻ patmutʻyan” aṙaǰin grkʻi anjnanunneri lezvakan aġbyurnerə [The Linguistic Origins of the Proper Names in the First Book of Movses Khorenatsi's „A History of the Armenians“]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎[1] (in Armenian), number 3, pages 57–58
  3. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2014) Wörterbuch Der Altpersischen Königsinschriften [Dictionary of Old Persian Royal Inscriptions] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 254
  4. ^ Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1454
  5. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Tigra-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 324
  6. ^ Zadok, Ran (2009) Iranische Personennamen in der neu- und spätbabylonischen Nebenüberlieferung (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band 7, Faszikel 1B) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 527, page 303
  7. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011) Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 364

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