Պելուժավր
Old Armenian
Etymology
Attested only in Patmutʿiwn vracʿ as the name of Pelužavr Siwnecʿi, a 4th century Siwni princess and companion to Queen Salome. Corresponds to Old Georgian პეროჟავრ (ṗerožavr) in the Georgian version. An Iranian name related to Պերոզ (Peroz). See Middle Persian 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 (pylʿc /Pērōz/) for more.
Proper noun
Պելուժավր • (Pelužavr)
- a female given name
- 13th century, Patmutʿiwn vracʿ [The History of Georgians] :[1][2]
- Ապա եկն առ նա թագաւորն եւ կին իւր, եւ Պելուժավր Սիւնեցին, եւ բազմութիւն ժողովրդոց․ եւ նստեալ շուրջ զնովաւ՝ լային։
- Apa ekn aṙ na tʿagaworn ew kin iwr, ew Pelužavr Siwnecʿin, ew bazmutʿiwn žołovrdocʿ; ew nsteal šurǰ znovaw, layin.
- Translation by Robert W. Thomson
- Then the king and his wife came to her, and also Pelušavr of Siunikʿ and a crowd of people. Sitting around her, they wept.
- Ապա եկն առ նա թագաւորն եւ կին իւր, եւ Պելուժավր Սիւնեցին, եւ բազմութիւն ժողովրդոց․ եւ նստեալ շուրջ զնովաւ՝ լային։
Usage notes
- In modern sources the name has been written as Պերոզավր (Perozavr), Պերոզաւր (Perozawr), Պերոժաւր (Perožawr), Պելուծավր (Pelucavr).
- It is often wrongly assumed that Pelužavr Siwnecʿi was male.
Related terms
- Պերոզ (Peroz)
References
- J̌uanšēr (1884) Hamaṙōt patmutʿiwn vracʿ [Abridged History of Georgians] (Matenagrutʿiwnkʿ naxneacʿ), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 67
- Thomson, Robert W. (1996) Rewriting Caucasian History: The Medieval Armenian Adaptation of the Georgian Chronicles. The Original Georgian Texts and the Armenian Adaptation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 141
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1948), “Պերոժաւր”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 263
- Ališan, Łewond (1893) Sisakan : Tełagrutʿiwn Siwneacʿ ašxarhi [Sisakan: A topography of the province Syunik], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, pages 10, 523
- Melikʿsetʿ-Bek, L. (1934) Vracʿ ałbyurnerə Hayastani ew hayeri masin [Georgian sources on Armenia and the Armenians] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Pethrat (State Press), pages 22, 174