Արտաւան

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Արտաբան (Artaban), Արտեւան (Artewan)

Etymology

From the Middle Iranian cognate of Old Persian *Arta-bānu (“the glory of Arta”). The Iranian name has been transliterated into Ancient Greek as Ἀρταβάνης (Artabánēs), Ἀρτάβανος (Artábanos), into Latin as Artabanus. Akin to Persian (ardavân).

Proper noun

Արտաւան • (Artawan)

a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Արտաւան (Artawan)
genitive	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
dative	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
accusative	Արտաւան (Artawan)
ablative	Արտաւանայ (Artawanay)
instrumental	Արտաւանաւ (Artawanaw)
locative	Արտաւան (Artawan)

Derived terms

Արտաւանեան (Artawanean)

Related terms

Արտակ (Artak)

Descendants

Armenian: Արտավան (Artavan)

References

Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արտաւան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Արտաւան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎ (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 30
Dandamayev M. A. (1986) “ARTABANUS (Old Persian proper name)”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2010-10-02

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