Արամ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Արամ (Aram).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾɑm/, [ɑɾɑ́m]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈɾɑm/, [ɑɾɑ́m]

Proper noun

Արամ • (Aram)

a male given name, Aram

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Արամ (Aram)
dative	Արամի (Arami)
ablative	Արամից (Aramicʻ)
instrumental	Արամով (Aramov)
locative	—
	definite forms
nominative	Արամը/Արամն (Aramə/Aramn)
dative	Արամին (Aramin)
	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Արամս (Arams)
dative	Արամիս (Aramis)
ablative	Արամիցս (Aramicʻs)
instrumental	Արամովս (Aramovs)
locative	—
	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Արամդ (Aramd)
dative	Արամիդ (Aramid)
ablative	Արամիցդ (Aramicʻd)
instrumental	Արամովդ (Aramovd)
locative	—

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested by Movsēs Xorenacʿi as the name of the legendary patriarch of Armenians. According to Movsēs, patriarch Aram's name is the source of the exonym Armenia, but this is a folk etymology.

According to Perixanjan, from Middle Median *Arām, from Old Iranian *Rāma- (literally “joy, peace”); compare Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (rāman, “peace”), Persian (râm), (ârâm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest, become quiet, calm”). She derives Արամանեակ (Aramaneak) and Արամայիս (Aramayis) from the same source.^[1]

A relation to Arame, the name of the king of Urartu of unknown meaning, has also been suggested.^[2]

Formally, the name can be derived from Classical Syriac ܐܕܡ (ʼĀḏām, “Adam”). For Syriac ḏ → Armenian ր (r) compare հրեայ (hreay), ծարիր (carir).

Proper noun

Արամ • (Aram)

a male given name, Aram

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Արամ (Aram)
genitive	Արամայ (Aramay)
dative	Արամայ (Aramay)
accusative	Արամ (Aram)
ablative	Արամայ (Aramay)
instrumental	Արամաւ (Aramaw)
locative	Արամ (Aram)

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Արամ (Aram)
genitive	Արամի (Arami)
dative	Արամի (Arami)
accusative	Արամ (Aram)
ablative	Արամէ (Aramē)
instrumental	Արամիւ (Aramiw)
locative	Արամի (Arami)
rare

Derived terms

արամեան (aramean)

Descendants

→ Armenian: Արամ (Aram)

References

^ Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11
^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արամ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

[1] Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11

[2] Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արամ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

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