Արտաւան

Old Armenian

Alternative forms
  • Արտաբան (Artaban), Արտեւան (Artewan)

Etymology

From the Middle Iranian cognate of Old Persian *Arta-bānu (“the glory of Arta”). The Iranian name has been transliterated into Ancient Greek as Ἀρταβάνης (Artabánēs), Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), into Latin as Artabanus. Akin to Persian اردوان‎ (ardavân).

Proper noun

Արտաւան • (Artawan)

  1. a male given name

Declension
a-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Արտաւան (Artawan)
genitive Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
dative Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
accusative Արտաւան (Artawan)
ablative Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
instrumental Արտաւանաւ (Artawanaw)
locative Արտաւան (Artawan)

Derived terms
  • Արտաւանեան (Artawanean)

Descendants
  • Armenian: Արտավան (Artavan)

References
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), “Արտաւան”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), “Արտաւան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 30
  • Dandamayev M. A. (1986), “ARTABANUS (Old Persian proper name)”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York, retrieved 2010-10-02
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