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Old Armenian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Iranian *havvān, from Iranian *ham-vā̆na-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *van- (“to like, to desire, to love”); compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬁 (vantā, “beloved one, wife”) and Sanskrit वनित (vanita, “a loved wife”).
Noun
հաւան • (hawan) indeclinable
- consent; approval; acceptance; benevolence
- ի հաւան ածել ― i hawan acel ― to persuade, to induce to believe, to convince
- ի հաւան գալ ― i hawan gal ― to be persuaded, convinced; to acquiesce
Adjective
հաւան • (hawan)
- consenting, persuaded, convinced
- հաւան գտանիլ ընդ ― hawan gtanil ənd ― to consent, to assent
- հաւան հաճութեամբ ― hawan hačutʻeamb ― willingly, with pleasure
- հաւանք եւ հաւասարք ― hawankʻ ew hawasarkʻ ― agreeing together, unanimous
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References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 56