გარსევან
Georgian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from an Iranian name related to Persian گرسیوز (garsēvaz, “Garsivaz”), whence Middle Georgian გარსევაზ (garsevaz).
Proper noun
გარსევან • (garsevan)
- a male given name, Garsevan or Garsewan
Derived terms
- გარსევანიშვილი (garsevanišvili)
- გარსენიშვილი (garsenišvili) (possibly)
- გარსევანიძე (garsevaniʒe)
- გარსია (garsia), გარსოა (garsoa), გარსუა (garsua) (diminutive forms)
Descendants
- → Armenian: Գարսեւան (Garsewan)
- → Ossetian: Гарсеван (Garsevan)
- →? Turkish: Karsevan (a toponym in the village Tosunlu, Ardanuç)
Further reading
- Fritz, Sonja (2006), “Garsevan”, in Die ossetischen Personennamen (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band III, Faszikel 3) (in German), based on a dissertation submitted in 1983, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 672, page 104, suspects an Armenian origin