Զաւէն
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editAccording 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
editԶաւէն • (Zawēn)
- a male given name, Zawēn, Zaven
Declension
edita-type
a-type
Descendants
edit- Armenian: Զավեն (Zaven)
References
edit- 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