Արտաւան

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Արտաբան (Artaban), Արտեւան (Artewan)

Etymology

From the Middle Iranian cognate of Old Persian *Arta-bānu (“the glory of Arta”). The Iranian name has been transliterated into Ancient Greek as Ἀρταβάνης (Artabánēs), Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), into Latin as Artabanus. Akin to Persian اردوان (ardavân).

Proper noun

Արտաւան • (Artawan)

1. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Արտաւան (Artawan)
genitive	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
dative	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
accusative	Արտաւան (Artawan)
ablative	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
instrumental	Արտաւանաւ (Artawanaw)
locative	Արտաւան (Artawan)

Derived terms

• Արտաւանեան (Artawanean)

Related terms

• Արտակ (Artak)

Descendants

• Armenian: Արտավան (Artavan)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արտաւան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Արտաւան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎^[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 30
• Dandamayev M. A. (1986) “ARTABANUS (Old Persian proper name)”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2010-10-02