Սևադայ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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An Arabic name from سَوَاد (sawād, blackness, black). Borne by Sawada ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Jahhafi, an Arab governor of Armenia, and by a Persian prince who married an Armenian Bagratuni princess, both from the 9th century. Among Armenians used in the 10–14th centuries.

Proper noun

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Սևադայ (Sewaday)

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: Սեւադա (Sewada)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Սևադայ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 483–484