Շապուհ

Շապուհ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Շապուհ (Šapuh).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑˈpuh]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ʃɑˈbuh]

Proper noun

Շապուհ • (Šapuh)

1. a male given name, particularly borne by several kings of Persia known in English as Shapur

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Շապուհ (Šapuh)
dative	Շապուհի (Šapuhi)
ablative	Շապուհից (Šapuhicʿ)
instrumental	Շապուհով (Šapuhov)
locative	—
	definite forms
nominative	Շապուհը/Շապուհն (Šapuhə/Šapuhn)
dative	Շապուհին (Šapuhin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Շապուհս (Šapuhs)
dative	Շապուհիս (Šapuhis)
ablative	Շապուհիցս (Šapuhicʿs)
instrumental	Շապուհովս (Šapuhovs)
locative	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Շապուհդ (Šapuhd)
dative	Շապուհիդ (Šapuhid)
ablative	Շապուհիցդ (Šapuhicʿd)
instrumental	Շապուհովդ (Šapuhovd)
locative	—

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Շապուրհ (Šapurh)

Etymology

The older form is Շապուրհ (Šapurh), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩‎ (šḥpʿḥʿy /Šāpuhr, Šābuhr/).

Proper noun

Շապուհ • (Šapuh)

1. a male given name, Shapuh

Declension

o-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Շապուհ (Šapuh)
genitive	Շապհոյ (Šaphoy)
dative	Շապհոյ (Šaphoy)
accusative	Շապուհ (Šapuh)
ablative	Շապհոյ (Šaphoy)
instrumental	Շապհով (Šaphov)
locative	Շապուհ (Šapuh)

Descendants

• Armenian: Շապուհ (Šapuh)

References

• Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), “Շապուհ”, 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
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), “Շապուհ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press