Արշակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Արշակ (Aršak); see below.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA: [ɑɾˈʃɑk]
• (Eastern Armenian) IPA: [ɑɾˈʃɑɡ]

Proper noun

Արշակ (Aršak)

1. A male given name, Arshak.

Declension

declension (Eastern Armenian) i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Արշակ (Aršak)
nominative definite	Արշակը/Արշակն (Aršakə/Aršakn)
genitive/dative	Արշակի (Aršaki)
dative/accusative definite	Արշակին (Aršakin)
ablative	Արշակից (Aršakicʿ)
instrumental	Արշակով (Aršakov)
locative	-

declension of possessive forms (Eastern Armenian)

	1st person possession (my)
	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Արշակս (Aršaks)
genitive/dative	Արշակիս (Aršakis)
ablative	Արշակիցս (Aršakicʿs)
instrumental	Արշակովս (Aršakovs)
locative	- ()
	2nd person possession (your)
	singular (uncountable)
nominative/accusative	Արշակդ (Aršakd)
genitive/dative	Արշակիդ (Aršakid)
ablative	Արշակիցդ (Aršakicʿd)
instrumental	Արշակովդ (Aršakovd)
locative	- ()

External links

• Search “Արշակ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Old Persian Aršaka, from arša (“male”). Derivation from arša (“bear”) is less likely.

Proper noun

Արշակ (Aršak)  (singular genitive Արշակայ)

1. A male given name, Arshak. Corresponds to Arsaces of classical authors.

Declension

declension a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Արշակ (Aršak)
genitive	Արշակայ (Aršakay)
dative	Արշակայ (Aršakay)
accusative	Արշակ (Aršak)
accusative definite	զԱրշակ (zAršak)
ablative	յԱրշակայ (yAršakay)
instrumental	Արշակաւ (Aršakaw)
locative	յԱրշակ (yAršak)

Derived terms

Արշակունի

References

• “Արշակ” in H. Ačaṙyan (1942-1962), Hayocʿ Anjnanunneri Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University)
• “Արշակ” in Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui: Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ (Venice)