Armenian

Proper noun

Վան • ‎(Van)

1. Van (city)
2. Van (lake)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Urartian [script needed] ‎(Biainili), the self-designation of Urartians. Van, called Tušpa back then, was the capital of Urartu. The derivation from վան ‎(van, “abode, house”) is less likely.

Proper noun

Վան • ‎(Van)

1. Van (city)

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: Վան ‎(Van)

References

• Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), “Վան”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Old Armenian

Noun

վան • ‎(van)

1. lodging, dwelling, home, habitation, abode; house, mansion; cabin, hut

   վանս ունել‎ ― vans unel ― to stay, to lodge, to take up one's lodgings, to dwell, to stop

2. hotel; inn, hostelry
3. monastery, convent, cloister, friary

   վանք կուսանաց‎ ― vankʿ kusanacʿ ― nunnery, convent

   փակել ի վանս‎ ― pʿakel i vans ― to cloister, to shut up in a convent

Declension

Usage notes

The word was usually used in the plural: վանք ‎(vankʿ).

Derived terms

Related terms

• աւան ‎(awan), հարեւան ‎(harewan)

Descendants

• Armenian: վանք ‎(vankʿ)
• Old Georgian: ვანი ‎(vani)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 104

Etymology 2

From the root of վանեմ ‎(vanem).

Noun

վան • ‎(van)

1. the act of repelling

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935