աւան
Old Armenian
Etymology
A Middle Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾwbʾhnl /āwahan/, “fortified place, stronghold”) and [script needed] (a-v-h-n-m /āvahanam/, “village”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hwah- (“to dwell, remain”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܘܘܢܐ (ʾawwānāʾ) from the same source.
Noun
աւան • (awan)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | աւան (awan) | աւանք (awankʻ) |
| genitive | աւանի (awani) | աւանաց (awanacʻ) |
| dative | աւանի (awani) | աւանաց (awanacʻ) |
| accusative | աւան (awan) | աւանս (awans) |
| ablative | աւանէ (awanē) | աւանաց (awanacʻ) |
| instrumental | աւանաւ (awanaw) | աւանաւք = աւանօք (awanawkʻ = awanōkʻ) |
| locative | աւանի (awani) | աւանս (awans) |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավան (avan) (learned)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 112
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 23