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Formed with աւան(awan). The origin and meaning of *Նախճ-(*Naxč-) is unknown. Armenian folk etymology explains the name of the city as նախ(nax, “first”) + իջևան(iǰewan, “abode, resting place”) due to it being regarded as the site where Noah descended and settled after the landing of the Ark on nearby Mount Ararat.
Իսկ յայսմ ժամանակի աւերեցին զքաղաքսն, եւ գերեցին զբնակեալսն անդ․ եւ զամենայն երկիրն Հայոց եւ զամենայն գաւառն ընդ նմին գերեալ, խաղացուցեալ եւ զայլ գերութիւնս գաւառաց գաւառաց, կողմանց կողմանց, փորի փորի, զաշխարհի աշխարհի, ածին ժողովեցին ի քաղաքն Նախճաւան․ զի անդ էր զօրաժողով իւրեանց զօրացն:
Isk yaysm žamanaki awerecʻin zkʻałakʻsn, ew gerecʻin zbnakealsn and; ew zamenayn erkirn Hayocʻ ew zamenayn gawaṙn ənd nmin gereal, xałacʻucʻeal ew zayl gerutʻiwns gawaṙacʻ gawaṙacʻ, kołmancʻ kołmancʻ, pʻori pʻori, zašxarhi ašxarhi, acin žołovecʻin i kʻałakʻn Naxčawan; zi and ēr zōražołov iwreancʻ zōracʻn:
Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
But at this time, destroyed the cities and took the inhabitants captive, as well as the entire land of Armenia and all its districts. They also took away captives from every district, region, valley, and realm, and collected them in the city of Naxčawan, for that was the gathering place for their army.
Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Նախչուան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 323a