Տիգրան

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Տիգրան (Tigran).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Տիգրան (Tigran)

  1. A male given name, Tigran, Dikran, Dickran, Tigranes

Declension

Derived terms

  • (diminutive) Տիկո (Tiko), Տիգո (Tigo), Տիգա (Tiga), Տիկուլ (Tikul), Տիկուլիկ (Tikulik), Տիգրանչիկ (Tigrančʿik)

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian name, but the details are disputed.[1][2] The same name is attested as Ancient Greek Τιγράνης (Tigránēs), Latin Tigrānēs, Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒉡 (Ti-ig-ra-nu).

According to Ačaṙyan, from Old Persian *Tigrāna, derived through haplology from *tigrarāna, supposedly meaning ‘fighting with arrows’ (compare Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠𐎶 (t-i-g-r-a-m /tigrām/, pointed, accusative singular feminine),[3] which Ačaṙyan mistakenly glosses as ‘arrow’, Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra), Sanskrit तिग्म (tigmá, pointed), and Avestan 𐬭𐬇𐬥𐬀‎ (rə̄na‎, battle, fight), Sanskrit रण (raṇa, battle)).[1] He also compares Ancient Greek Τιγραπάτης (Tigrapátēs, literally master of arrows) and, for the haplology, the Avestan name 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬁𐬰 (vīrāz) from *vīra-rāz-[4]. J̌ahukyan considers this explanation unlikely.[2]

More likely from Old Iranian *Tigrāna-, a patronymic formation with the suffix *-āna- from the name *Tigrā- (literally slender), reflected in Elamite 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (Ti-ig-ra), Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒀪 (Ti-ig-ra-ʾ), from the above-discussed word for ‘pointed’.[5][6][7]

Proper noun

Տիգրան (Tigran)

  1. A male given name, Tigran, Tigranes

Declension

Derived terms

  • Տիգրանեան (Tigranean)
  • Տիգրանուհի (Tigranuhi)
  • Տիգրանակերտ (Tigranakert)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1962), Տիգրան”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Personal Names] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, pages 146–147
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1981), “Movses Xorenacʿu “Hayocʿ patmutʿyan” aṙaǰin grkʿi anjnanunneri lezvakan ałbyurnerə [The Linguistic Origins of the Proper Names in the First Book of Movses Khorenatsi's „A History of the Armenians“]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 3, pages 57–58
  3. Schmitt, Rüdiger (2014) Wörterbuch Der Altpersischen Königsinschriften [Dictionary of Old Persian Royal Inscriptions] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 254
  4. Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1454
  5. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “*Tigra-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550-330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 324
  6. Zadok, Ran (2009) Iranische Personennamen in der neu- und spätbabylonischen Nebenüberlieferung (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band 7, Faszikel 1B) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 527, page 303
  7. Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011) Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 364

Further reading

  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 87–88
  • Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 324–325
  • Sebastacʿi, Mxitʿar (1769), Տիգրան”, 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
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