Վազգէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Վազգէն • (Vazgēn)

1. a male given name, Vazgen

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Վազգէն (Vazgēn)
genitive	Վազգենայ (Vazgenay)
dative	Վազգենայ (Vazgenay)
accusative	Վազգէն (Vazgēn)
ablative	Վազգենայ (Vazgenay)
instrumental	Վազգենաւ (Vazgenaw)
locative	Վազգէն (Vazgēn)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Վազգեն (Vazgen) (learned)

Further reading

• 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