Վահագն

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Վահագն (Vahagn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Վահագն • (Vahagn)

  1. (Armenian mythology) Vahagn
    Վահագն վիշապաքաղVahagn višapakʻaġVahagn the Dragonslayer
  2. a male given name, Vahagn

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *Վարհագն (*Varhagn), from Parthian *Varhraγn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Wr̥tragʰnás.

Proper noun

Վահագն • (Vahagn)

  1. (Armenian mythology) Vahagn
    • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 127:[1]
      քաջութիւն հասցէ ձեզ ի քաջէն Վահագնէ ամենայն Հայոց աշխարհիս
      kʻaǰutʻiwn hascʻē jez i kʻaǰēn Vahagnē amenayn Hayocʻ ašxarhis
      • Translation by R. W. Thomson
        may there be [] valor from valiant Vahagn to you and all our land of Armenia
  2. (astronomy) Orion (constellation)
  3. (Greek mythology) Heracles
  4. (Greek mythology) Apollo

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Վահագն (Vahagn)

References

  1. Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 138–139

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