English
Yerevan
Yerevan comes from Old Armenian Երեւան.
- Old Armenianc. 400–1100ԵրեւանErewan
- Armenianmodernsame formErewan
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Yerevan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Armenianc. 400–1100ԵրեւանErewan
- Armenianmodernsame formErewan
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Yerevan
Earliest quotation: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game: “Before long Abbas Mirza suffered a succession of defeats,…”
Every English word from Old Armenian Երեւան
Today it means
name The capital and largest city of Armenia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Armenian Երեւան / Yerevan