Նախճաւան

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Old Armenian[edit]

Naxčawan city and district within Vaspurakan province

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formed with աւան (awan). The origin and meaning of *Նախճ- (*Naxč-) is unknown. Armenian folk etymology explains the name of the city as նախ (nax, first) +‎ իջևան (iǰewan, abode, resting place) due to it being regarded as the site where Noah descended and settled after the landing of the Ark on nearby Mount Ararat.

Proper noun[edit]

Նախճաւան (Naxčawan)

  1. Nakhichevan (a city and district of Vaspurakan province, Armenia)
    • 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] IV.55:[1][2]
      Իսկ յայսմ ժամանակի աւերեցին զքաղաքսն, եւ գերեցին զբնակեալսն անդ․ եւ զամենայն երկիրն Հայոց եւ զամենայն գաւառն ընդ նմին գերեալ, խաղացուցեալ եւ զայլ գերութիւնս գաւառաց գաւառաց, կողմանց կողմանց, փորի փորի, զաշխարհի աշխարհի, ածին ժողովեցին ի քաղաքն Նախճաւան․ զի անդ էր զօրաժողով իւրեանց զօրացն:
      Isk yaysm žamanaki awerecʻin zkʻałakʻsn, ew gerecʻin zbnakealsn and; ew zamenayn erkirn Hayocʻ ew zamenayn gawaṙn ənd nmin gereal, xałacʻucʻeal ew zayl gerutʻiwns gawaṙacʻ gawaṙacʻ, kołmancʻ kołmancʻ, pʻori pʻori, zašxarhi ašxarhi, acin žołovecʻin i kʻałakʻn Naxčawan; zi and ēr zōražołov iwreancʻ zōracʻn:
      • Translation by Nina G. Garsoïan
        But at this time, [the Persians] destroyed the cities and took the inhabitants captive, as well as the entire land of Armenia and all its districts. They also took away captives from every district, region, valley, and realm, and collected them in the city of Naxčawan, for that was the gathering place for their army.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: Նախճավան (Naxčavan) (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pʻawstos Buzandacʻi (1883) Kʻ. Patkanean, editor, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ[1], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 147
  2. ^ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 176

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