არტაგ
Old Georgian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from the Middle Iranian name underlying Old Armenian Արտակ (Artak). See it for more.
Proper noun
[edit]არტაგ • (arṭag)
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]In Georgian sources this the name of an Iberian king defeated by Pompey, known in Classical sources as Ancient Greek Ἀρτώκης (Artṓkēs), Latin Artoces, Arthoces, Artaces.
Descendants
[edit]- → Georgian: არტაგი (arṭagi) (learned)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արտակ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 303, derives from the Armenian
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 433, identifies the underlying Middle Persian appellative incorrectly
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986) “არტაგ”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Kartvelian Anthroponyms][1] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 75a
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀρτώκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40a
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 222
- Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976) Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie chrétienne (Arménie - Géorgie - Albanie) (in French), Rome: Edizioni Aquila, § 93.7, page 82, spelling as Artog