Մամիկոն

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Մամիկոն (Mamikon).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Մամիկոն (Mamikon)

  1. a male given name, Mamikon or Mamigon

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. According to Adoncʿ, who ascribed a Kartvelian origin to the Mamikonians, the name derives from Old Georgian მამაჲ (mamay, father) with the diminutive suffix -իկ (-ik).

Proper noun[edit]

Մամիկոն (Mamikon)

  1. a male given name

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: Մամիկոն (Mamikon) (learned)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1946) “Մամիկոն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 184
  • Adonc, N. (1908) Армения в эпоху Юстиниана: Политическое состояние на основе нахарарскаго строя [Armenia in the period of Justinian: The political conditions based on the naxarar system] (Тексты и разыскания по армяно-грузинской филологии; XI) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 402-403, 405