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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from an Iranian name, whose components go back to Proto-Iranian *cyaHwáh (“black”) and *Hácwah (“horse”), thus the name means "having dark-colored horses". Compare Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬌- (siiāuuāspi-) and Sanskrit श्यावाश्व (śyāvā́śva).
The borrowing is from an uncertain Iranian language, in which Proto-Iranian *cy- yields a *š-, as opposed to *s-: compare Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš) and Georgian შავი (šavi) on the one hand and Old Armenian սեաւ (seaw) on the other. Alternatively, we may be dealing with a secondary dissimilation of the initial s- to š-.[1]
The name was common in the Artsruni dynasty.
Proper noun
Շաւասպ • (Šawasp)
- a male given name, Shawasp, Shavasp
Declension
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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Շաւասպ (Šawasp)
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| genitive
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Շաւասպայ (Šawaspay)
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| dative
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Շաւասպայ (Šawaspay)
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| accusative
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Շաւասպ (Šawasp)
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| ablative
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Շաւասպայ (Šawaspay)
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| instrumental
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Շաւասպաւ (Šawaspaw)
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| locative
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Շաւասպ (Šawasp)
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Descendants
References
- ^ Assadoorian, Alice (2006) “Šām-aspī (A Toponym from Ardabīl)”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 10, number 2, page 261.
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1948) “Շաւասպ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 154–155
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 61
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Syāwāspa”, in Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 300
- Meyer, Robin (2017) Iranian-Armenian language contact in and before the 5th century CE. PhD thesis, University of Oxford, page 12, footnote 19