Զաւէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, an Iranian borrowing. Compare Persian زو (zav), زاب (zâb). These are connected to Avestan 𐬎𐬰𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (uzauua) by Justi. According to Ačaṙyan and Hübschmann, the ending -էն (-ēn) is the Middle Iranian diminutive suffix -ēn, from Old Iranian -aina-, found also in such Iranian borrowings as Սուրէն (Surēn), Արտէն (Artēn), Գուրգէն (Gurgēn), Վազգէն (Vazgēn), Արտաշէն (Artašēn).

Proper noun

Զաւէն • (Zawēn)

1. a male given name, Zawēn, Zaven

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)
genitive	Զաւենայ (Zawenay)
dative	Զաւենայ (Zawenay)
accusative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)
ablative	Զաւենայ (Zawenay)
instrumental	Զաւենաւ (Zawenaw)
locative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)
genitive	Զաւինայ (Zawinay)
dative	Զաւինայ (Zawinay)
accusative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)
ablative	Զաւինայ (Zawinay)
instrumental	Զաւինաւ (Zawinaw)
locative	Զաւէն (Zawēn)

Descendants

• Armenian: Զավեն (Zaven)

References

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 90
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Զաւէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 24) (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 176
• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Uzawa”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 337