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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh). Compare also Middle Armenian շահնշահ (šahnšah).
Noun
շահանշահ • (šahanšah)
- shahanshah
9–10th century,
Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʻi,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 67:
[1][2]- քինախնդիր լինելով Շահանն կոչեցելոյ շահ վասն ոչ հնազանդելոյ նմա նոցա։
- […] kʻinaxndir linelov Šahann kočʻecʻeloy šah vasn očʻ hnazandeloy nma nocʻa.
- Translation by Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian
- because he resented the fact that the so called šahanšah had not submitted to them.
Declension
References
- ^ Ioane Drasxanaḳerṭeli (1965) E. Cagareišvili, editor, Somxetis isṭoria (786—925 c̣c̣.) [History of Armenia (786–925)] (Ucxouri c̣q̇aroebi sakartvelos šesaxeb; 13), semi-critical edition of chapters XXIV–LXVII of the Old Armenian text, with a Georgian translation, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 298a
- ^ Yovhannēs Drasxanakertc‘i (1987) Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian, transl., History of Armenia (Occasional Papers and Proceedings; 3), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 230
Further reading
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 207–208
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շահանշահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 482ab
- Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “շահանշահ”, 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, page 327b