աւան
Old Armenian
Etymology
An 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”).
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | աւան (awan) | աւանք (awankʿ) | |
| genitive | աւանի (awani) | աւանաց (awanacʿ) | |
| dative | աւանի (awani) | աւանաց (awanacʿ) | |
| accusative | աւան (awan) | աւանս (awans) | |
| ablative | աւանէ (awanē) | աւանաց (awanacʿ) | |
| instrumental | աւանաւ (awanaw) | աւանաւք = աւանօք (awanawkʿ = awanōkʿ) | |
| locative | աւանի (awani) | աւանս (awans) |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավան (avan)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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