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
i-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative Աշխէն (Ašxēn)
genitive Աշխենի (Ašxeni)
dative Աշխենի (Ašxeni)
accusative Աշխէն (Ašxēn)
ablative Աշխենէ (Ašxenē)
instrumental Աշխենիւ (Ašxeniw)
locative Աշխենի (Ašxeni)

Descendants
  • Armenian: Աշխեն (Ašxen)

References
  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), “Աշխէն”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [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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