Arzuman (Armenian: Արզուման) is an Armenian male first name.[1][2][3][4] It is derived from the Persian word "Arzumand" (Persian: آرزومند), meaning "nostalgia", "well-wisher", "hoping".[1] The name has received a special distribution among Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The name of Arzuman is a formative word of the Armenian surname Arzumanyan.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Nicholas Awde & Emanuela Losi — Armenian first names — Hippocrene Books, 2001; p.73(128) — ISBN 0781807506, 9780781807500
- ^ a b Ohannes Hannessian — Dictionary of Armenian names: bilingual — Shirak Pub. House, 1990; p.76 (273)
- ^ Madeline C. Zilfi — The Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage, Women in the Ottoman Empire: Middle Eastern Women in the Early Modern Era — BRILL, 1997; p.14 (333) — ISBN 9004108041, 9789004108042
- ^ New Perspectives on Turkey, № 5-6 — Simon's Rock of Bard College, 1991; p.131