վան

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See also: Վան

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Parthian *vān-, from Old Iranian *wāhana- (habitation), from Proto-Iranian *Hwah-; see there for more. The Old Iranian word is cognate with Sanskrit वसन (vasana, dwelling, abiding, sojourn, residence).

Probably not related to the city-name Վան (Van).

Noun

վան (van)

  1. lodging, dwelling, home, habitation, abode; house, mansion; cabin, hut
    վանս ունելvans unelto stay, to lodge, to take up one's lodgings, to dwell, to stop
  2. hotel; inn, hostelry
  3. monastery, convent, cloister, friary
    վանք կուսանացvankʻ kusanacʻnunnery, convent
    փակել ի վանսpʻakel i vansto cloister, to shut up in a convent
Usage notes

The word was usually used in the plural: վանք (vankʻ).

Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: վանք (vankʻ)
  • Old Georgian: ვანი (vani)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 104 of 102–105

Etymology 2

From the root of վանեմ (vanem).

Noun

վան (van)

  1. the act of repelling

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press