Մնացական

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Մնյացական (Mnyacʿakan) (once from 1772)
  • Մանացայկան (Manacʿaykan) (once from 1818)

Etymology

From մնացական (mnacʿakan, staying, lasting), wishing the child to have a long life. Typologically Ačaṙyan compares Turkish Dursun, from durmak (to stop, stay); Armenian Կեցուն (Kecʿun), from կենալ (kenal, to stand, stay); Italian Durante (literally enduring). Compare also Persian بمانی (Bemâni, literally may you stay, survive!) and Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒆪𒁺𒌨𒊑𒋀 (/Nabû-kudurri-uṣur/, Nebuchadnezzar, literally O god Nabu, preserve/defend my firstborn son!). The name is in use from the 17th century up until now.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մնացական (Mnacʿakan)

  1. A male given name. Mnatsakan, Mnatsagan.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Մնացականյան (Mnacʿakanyan)
  • (pet forms) Մնաց (Mnacʿ), Մացակ (Macʿak), Մանցո (Mancʿo), Մացո (Macʿo), Մնո (Mno), (possibly) Մնակ (Mnak)

References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1946), Մնացական”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Personal Names] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 25) (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 416
  • Avetisyan, Tigran (2000), Մնացական”, in Grigoryan V. M., Uṙutyan Ṙ. L., editors, Hayocʿ azganunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Surnames] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Van Aryan, →ISBN, page 242b
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