Երուանդ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Grown with a prothetic ե- (e-) from Middle Iranian *rēvant, from Proto-Iranian *raivant-, *rayivant- (“possessing wealth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís. Compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬙 (raēvant, “rich, splendid”), 𐬭𐬀𐬫𐬌 (rayi, “wealth”), Sanskrit रेवत् (revat, “wealthy”), रयिवत् (rayivat, “possessing wealth”), रयि (rayi, “wealth”).

On the other hand, Hübschmann derived from Middle Iranian *arvant- (“swift”); compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlwnd /⁠arwand⁠/, “swift, valiant”), Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (a^uruuaṇt, “swift, vigorous, brave”). But this is unlikely, as *arvant- would have yielded Old Armenian *Արուանդ (*Aruand).

Corresponds to Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs) of Classical authors.

Proper noun

Երուանդ • (Eruand)

1. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Երուանդ (Eruand)
genitive	Երուանդայ (Eruanday)
dative	Երուանդայ (Eruanday)
accusative	Երուանդ (Eruand)
ablative	Երուանդայ (Eruanday)
instrumental	Երուանդաւ (Eruandaw)
locative	Երուանդ (Eruand)

Derived terms

• Երուանդունի (Eruanduni)

Related terms

• Երուազ (Eruaz)

Descendants

• Armenian: Երվանդ (Ervand)