Վազգէն

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from an Iranian name formed with a cognate of Persian وزغ (vazağ, toad) and the diminutive suffix -ēn, on which see Զաւէն (Zawēn).

Proper noun

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Վազգէն (Vazgēn)

  1. a male given name, Vazgen

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: Վազգեն (Vazgen) (learned)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 638–639
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Վազգէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 5
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 90