շահանշահ

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh). Compare also Middle Armenian շահնշահ (šahnšah).

Noun

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շահանշահ (šahanšah)

  1. shahanshah
    • 9–10th century, Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 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.
    • 10–11th century, Stepʻanos Taronecʻi (Asołik), Tiezerakan Patmutʻiwn [Universal History]

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Ioane Drasxanaḳerṭeli (1965) E. Cagareišvili, editor, Somxetis isṭoria (786—925 c̣c̣.) [History of Armenia (786–925)] (Ucxouri c̣q̇aroebi sakartvelos šesaxeb; 13)‎[1], semi-critical edition of chapters XXIV–LXVII of the Old Armenian text, with a Georgian translation, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 298a
  2. ^ 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

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