Արամ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Արամ (Aram).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Արամ • (Aram)

  1. a male given name, Aram

Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular (singulare tantum)
nominative Արամ (Aram)
dative Արամի (Arami)
ablative Արամից (Aramicʻ)
instrumental Արամով (Aramov)
locative —
definite forms
nominative Արամը/Արամն (Aramə/Aramn)
dative Արամին (Aramin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative Արամս (Arams)
dative Արամիս (Aramis)
ablative Արամիցս (Aramicʻs)
instrumental Արամովս (Aramovs)
locative —
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative Արամդ (Aramd)
dative Արամիդ (Aramid)
ablative Արամիցդ (Aramicʻd)
instrumental Արամովդ (Aramovd)
locative —

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested by Movsēs Xorenacʿi as the name of the legendary patriarch of Armenians. According to Movsēs, patriarch Aram's name is the source of the exonym Armenia, but this is a folk etymology.

According to Perixanjan, from Middle Median *Arām, from Old Iranian *Rāma- (literally “joy, peace”); compare Avestan 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (rāman, “peace”), Persian رام (râm), آرام (ârâm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest, become quiet, calm”). She derives Արամանեակ (Aramaneak) and Արամայիս (Aramayis) from the same source.[1]

A relation to Arame, the name of the king of Urartu of unknown meaning, has also been suggested.[2]

Formally, the name can be derived from Classical Syriac ܐܕܡ (ʼĀḏām, “Adam”). For Syriac ḏ → Armenian ր (r) compare հրեայ (hreay), ծարիր (carir).

Proper noun

Արամ • (Aram)

  1. a male given name, Aram

Declension
a-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Արամ (Aram)
genitive Արամայ (Aramay)
dative Արամայ (Aramay)
accusative Արամ (Aram)
ablative Արամայ (Aramay)
instrumental Արամաւ (Aramaw)
locative Արամ (Aram)
i-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Արամ (Aram)
genitive Արամի (Arami)
dative Արամի (Arami)
accusative Արամ (Aram)
ablative Արամէ (Aramē)
instrumental Արամիւ (Aramiw)
locative Արամի (Arami)
rare

Derived terms
  • արամեան (aramean)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: Արամ (Aram)

References
  1. 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 11
  2. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արամ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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