გარსევან

Georgian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from an Iranian name related to Persian گرسیوز (garsêvaz, “Garsivaz”), whence Middle Georgian გარსევაზ (garsevaz).

Proper noun

გარსევან • (garsevan)

1. a male given name, Garsevan or Garsewan

Derived terms

• გარსევანიშვილი (garsevanišvili)
• გარსენიშვილი (garsenišvili) (possibly)
• გარსევანიძე (garsevaniʒe)
• გარსია (garsia), გარსოა (garsoa), გარსუა (garsua) (diminutive forms)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Գարսեւան (Garsewan)
• → Ossetian: Гарсеван (Garsevan)
• →? Turkish: Karsevan (a toponym in the village Tosunlu, Ardanuç)

Further reading

• Fritz, Sonja (2006) “Garsevan”, in Die ossetischen Personennamen (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band III, Faszikel 3)‎^[1] (in German), based on a dissertation submitted in 1983, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 672, page 104, suspects an Armenian origin