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Ասպահան
Ասպահան
Armenian
Proper noun
Ասպահան • (Aspahan)
- Alternative form of Սպահան (Spahan)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ասպահան (Aspahan) | |||
| dative | Ասպահանի (Aspahani) | |||
| ablative | Ասպահանից (Aspahanicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | Ասպահանով (Aspahanov) | |||
| locative | Ասպահանում (Aspahanum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | Ասպահանը/Ասպահանն (Aspahanə/Aspahann) | |||
| dative | Ասպահանին (Aspahanin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | Ասպահանս (Aspahans) | |||
| dative | Ասպահանիս (Aspahanis) | |||
| ablative | Ասպահանիցս (Aspahanicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | Ասպահանովս (Aspahanovs) | |||
| locative | Ասպահանումս (Aspahanums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | Ասպահանդ (Aspahand) | |||
| dative | Ասպահանիդ (Aspahanid) | |||
| ablative | Ասպահանիցդ (Aspahanicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | Ասպահանովդ (Aspahanovd) | |||
| locative | Ասպահանումդ (Aspahanumd) | |||
Old Armenian
Etymology
Because of the prothetic a- borrowed from Middle Median. The Old Median form was *Spādāna. See also ասպահանիկ (aspahanik).
Proper noun
Ասպահան • (Aspahan)
Declension
a-type
u-type
Descendants
- Armenian: Ասպահան (Aspahan)
References
- Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18
- Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), “Ասպահան”, 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