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)
- a male given name, Zawēn or Zaven
Declension
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| genitive | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| dative | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| accusative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| ablative | Զաւենայ (Zawenay) |
| instrumental | Զաւենաւ (Zawenaw) |
| locative | Զաւէն (Zawēn) |
| 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