հաւան

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Iranian *havvān, from Iranian *ham-vā̆na-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *van- (to like, to desire, to love); compare Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬁 (vantā, beloved one, wife) and Sanskrit वनित (vanita, a loved wife).

Noun

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հաւան (hawan) indeclinable

  1. consent; approval; acceptance; benevolence
    ի հաւան ածելi hawan acelto persuade, to induce to believe, to convince
    ի հաւան գալi hawan galto be persuaded, convinced; to acquiesce

Adjective

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հաւան (hawan)

  1. consenting, persuaded, convinced
    հաւան գտանիլ ընդhawan gtanil əndto consent, to assent
    հաւան հաճութեամբhawan hačutʻeambwillingly, with pleasure
    հաւանք եւ հաւասարքhawankʻ ew hawasarkʻagreeing together, unanimous

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հավան (havan)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 56