Սաթէնիկ

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Old Armenian [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Could be of Scythian origin: compare Satanaya, an Ossetian mythological figure. Folk etymology connects the name with սաթ (satʿ, amber).

Proper noun [edit]

Սաթէնիկ  (Satʿēnik)  (singular genitive Սաթինկան)

  1. Satenik, the name of the Alan princess who married Artashes I, the king of Armenia
    • 5th century AD (disputed), Moses of Chorene, History of the Armenians, book 2, ch. 47
      Բազում ոսկի տուեալ ի վարձանս՝ առնու զտիկին օրիորդն Սաթինիկ:

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References [edit]

  • Սաթէնիկ in Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), Baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui: Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • Սաթէնիկ” in Hračʿya Ačaṙyan (1942–1962), Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University)