# Տիգրան
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Տիգրան (Tigran).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /tiɡˈɾɑn/, [tiɡɾɑ́n]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /dikˈɾɑn/, [dikʰɾɑ́n]

### Proper noun

Տիգրան • (Tigran)
* a male given name, Tigran, Dikran, Dickran, or Tigranes

#### Derived terms

* (diminutives) Տիկո (Tiko), Տիգո (Tigo), Տիգա (Tiga), Տիկուլ (Tikul), Տիկուլիկ (Tikulik), Տիգրանչիկ (Tigrančʻik)
* Տիգրանյան (Tigranyan)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

An Iranian name, but the details are disputed. The same name is attested as Ancient Greek Τιγράνης (Tigránēs), Latin Tigrānēs, Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒉡 (Ti-ig-ra-nu).
According to Ačaṙyan, from Old Persian *Tigrāna, derived through haplology from *tigrarāna, supposedly meaning ‘fighting with arrows’ (compare Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠𐎶 (t-i-g-r-a-m /⁠tigrām⁠/, “pointed”, accusative singular feminine), which Ačaṙyan mistakenly glosses as ‘arrow’, Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra), Sanskrit तिग्म (tigmá, “pointed”), and Avestan 𐬭𐬇𐬥𐬀 (rə̄na, “battle, fight”), Sanskrit रण (raṇa, “battle”)). He also compares Ancient Greek Τιγραπάτης (Tigrapátēs, literally “master of arrows”) and, for the haplology, the Avestan name 𐬬𐬍𐬭𐬁𐬰 (vīrāz) from [Term?] (*vīra-rāz-). J̌ahukyan considers this explanation unlikely.
More likely from Old Iranian *Tigrāna-, a patronymic formation with the suffix *-āna- from the name *Tigrā- (literally “slender”), reflected in Elamite 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (Ti-ig-ra), Akkadian 𒋾𒅅𒊏𒀪 (Ti-ig-ra-ʾ), from the above-discussed word for ‘pointed’.

### Proper noun

Տիգրան • (Tigran)
* a male given name, Tigran or Tigranes

#### Derived terms

* Տիգրանեան (Tigranean)
* Տիգրանուհի (Tigranuhi)
* Տիգրանակերտ (Tigranakert)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Տիգրան (Tigran) (learned)

### References

* 1 2 Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1962) “Տիգրան”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, pages 146–147
* 1 2 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1981) “Movses Xorenacʻu “Hayocʻ patmutʻyan” aṙaǰin grkʻi anjnanunneri lezvakan aġbyurnerə [The Linguistic Origins of the Proper Names in the First Book of Movses Khorenatsi's „A History of the Armenians“]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 3, pages 57–58
* ↑ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2014) Wörterbuch Der Altpersischen Königsinschriften [Dictionary of Old Persian Royal Inscriptions] (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 254
* ↑ Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1454
* ↑ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “*Tigra-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 324
* ↑ Zadok, Ran (2009) Iranische Personennamen in der neu- und spätbabylonischen Nebenüberlieferung (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band 7, Faszikel 1B) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 527, page 303
* ↑ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011) Iranische Personennamen in der griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. (Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band 5, Faszikel 5A) (in German), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 364

### Further reading

* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 87–88
* Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 324–325
* Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Տիգրան”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names]‎ (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy