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From Middle Armenian Մանկասար (Mankasar).

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Մանկասար (Mankasar)

  1. a male given name. Mankasar, Mangasar

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Ačaṙyan derives from մանուկ (manuk, child) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ Persian سر (sar, head), thus “head of children, school-master, teacher”. For the second element see *սար- (*sar-). For the whole formation Ačaṙyan compares the names Մանկաւագ (Mankawag), Մանկտաւագ (Manktawag).

On the other hand, Nalbandjan considers the name to be wholly an Iranian formation, namely a borrowing from Old Ossetic *Magnasara, from *magnasara (bare-headed), the supposed ancestor of Ossetian бӕгъӕ́мсар (bæǧǽmsar); see there for more.

Attested since the 14th century.

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Մանկասար (Mankasar)

  1. a male given name. Mankasar

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  • Armenian: Մանկասար (Mankasar), Մանգասար (Mangasar)

References edit

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Մանկասար”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 201–202
  • Nalbandjan, G. M. (1977) “Армянские личные имена скифо-алано-осетинского происхождения [Armenian Personal Names of Scytho-Alano-Ossetian Origin]”, in N. Ja. Gabarajev, editor, Вопросы иранской и общей филологии (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, pages 208–209