Աշխէն
See also: Աշխեն
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Median *axšēn, from Proto-Iranian *xšaHiθniH (whence Ossetian ӕхсин (æxsin, “lady, mistress”)), from *xšáHyati (“to rule”) Alternatively from the homonym *xšayθniH (“shining, magnificent, splendid”), from *xšáytah (“shining”), whence also Old Armenian աշխէտ (ašxēt), Ossetian ӕхсид (æxsid, “dawn”).
Proper noun
[edit]Աշխէն • (Ašxēn)
- a female given name
Declension
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Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: Աշխեն (Ašxen)
References
[edit]- Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Աշխէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names][1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1][2] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18