Սևան

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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

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative Սևան (Sewan)
dative Սևանի (Sewani)
ablative Սևանից (Sewanicʻ)
instrumental Սևանով (Sewanov)
locative Սևանում (Sewanum)
definite forms
nominative Սևանը/Սևանն (Sewanə/Sewann)
dative Սևանին (Sewanin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Սևանս (Sewans)
dative Սևանիս (Sewanis)
ablative Սևանիցս (Sewanicʻs)
instrumental Սևանովս (Sewanovs)
locative Սևանումս (Sewanums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Սևանդ (Sewand)
dative Սևանիդ (Sewanid)
ablative Սևանիցդ (Sewanicʻd)
instrumental Սևանովդ (Sewanovd)
locative Սևանումդ (Sewanumd)
there is an alternative dative singular Սեւանա (Sewana), a fossilized remain of Old Armenian a-type 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 Drasxanakertcʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 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 pʻaylatakeal paycaṙanayr surb ayrn Astucoy, Maštocʻ, or i Sewan kłzwoǰ, or zpʻaṙacʻn Astucoy anšiǰaneli lusoy čaṙagaytʻumnn yinkʻn 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

a-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Սևան (Sewan)
genitive Սևանայ (Sewanay)
dative Սևանայ (Sewanay)
accusative Սևան (Sewan)
ablative Սևանայ (Sewanay)
instrumental Սևանաւ (Sewanaw)
locative Սևան (Sewan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: Սեւան (Sewan)

References

  1. ^ Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʻi (1853) M. Ēmin, editor, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia], Moscow: Press of Vladimir Gotʹje, page 82
  2. ^ Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc‘i (1987) Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian, transl., History of Armenia (Occasional Papers and Proceedings; 3), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 132

Further reading

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