𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃

From Ancient Greek Δαμιανός (Damianós); compare English Damian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdam.ja.nus/

𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌿𐍃 • (damjanus) m

1. a male given name
   • From the Mangup inscriptions, 9th/10th century:

     𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌻𐍀𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌸𐌴𐌹
     𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲
     𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐍃 ..

     fahilpskalkisþei
     damjaus uswinag
     jahfrawaurtis ..

     Lord, help your servant
     Damia from the vineyards(?)
     And the sinner ..

     𐌾𐌰𐌷𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 ..

     jahfrawaurtisdamjan ..

     And the sinner Damian ..

Attested twice as genitive singular in the newly discovered 9th/10th century inscriptions from Mangup, Crimea (see references). There are lacunae in both attestations (see quotations above).

• А.Ю. Виноградов, М.И. Коробов, 'Готские граффити из Мангупской базилики', Средние века 76.3-4 (2015) 57-75.
• Korobov, M. and A. Vinogradov, 'Gotische Graffito-Inschriften aus der Bergkrim', Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 145.2 (2016) 141-157.