Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Հրանտ (Hrant).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Հրանտ (Hrant)

  1. a male given name, Hrant, Hrand

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. Traditionally connected with հուր (hur, fire), but more likely an Iranian name containing *fra-, as Հրահատ (Hrahat).

Proper noun edit

Հրանտ (Hrant)

  1. a male given name, Hrant

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: Հրանտ (Hrant)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962) “Հրանդ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1981) “Movses Xorenacʿu “Hayocʿ patmutʿyan” aṙaǰin grkʿi 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, page 59