Սևան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Սեւան (Sewan).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Սևան (Sewan)

  1. Sevan (island)
  2. Sevan (lake)
  3. Sevan (town)
  4. a unisex given name from the name of the lake, of modern, chiefly Armenian diasporan usage, Sevan

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2020–), Sevan”, in Nişanyan Adlar. Türkiye Kişi Adları Sözlüğü [Nişanyan Names. Turkey's Personal Names Dictionary]

Old Armenian

Proper noun

Սևան (Sewan)

  1. Sevan (island)
    • 9–10th century, Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] 30:[1][2]
      Եւ վասն զի ընդ այն ժամանակս փայլատակեալ պայծառանայր սուրբ այրն Աստուծոյ՝ Մաշտոց, որ ի Սեւան կղզւոջ, որ զփառացն Աստուծոյ անշիջանելի լուսոյ ճառագայթումնն յինքն նկարէր []
      Ew vasn zi ənd ayn žamanaks pʿaylatakeal paycaṙanayr surb ayrn Astucoy, Maštocʿ, or i Sewan kłzwoǰ, or zpʿaṙacʿn Astucoy anšiǰaneli lusoy čaṙagaytʿumnn yinkʿn nkarēr []
      • Translation by Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian
        At that time, the blessed man of God Maštocʿ, who mirrored the radiance of God's inextinguishable light through divine permeation, shone forth with splendor on the island of Sewan.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Սեւան (Sewan)

References

  1. Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʿi (1853), M. Ēmin, editor, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia], Moscow: Press of Vladimir Gotʹje, page 82
  2. Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc‘i (1987) History of Armenia (Occasional Papers and Proceedings; 3), Translation and Commentary by Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian, Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 132

Further reading

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