Աշխէն

See also: Աշխեն

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Աշխէն • (Ašxēn)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Descendants

  • Armenian: Աշխեն (Ašxen)

References

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Աշխէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (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] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18
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