Ասպուրակէս
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- Ասպուրակ (Aspurak), Ասպուրակիս (Aspurakis)
- Վասպուրակիսի (Vaspurakisi, genitive)
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₁éḱwos |
Borne by Armenian persons in the 4th and 5th centuries AD.
Certainly an Iranian name with a Grecized ending -էս (-ēs), but the details remain unclear.
Justi connects with Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎲𐎠𐎼 (a-s-b-a-r /asabāra-/), Middle Persian ʾswbʾl (aswār, “horseman”). This is not accepted by Ačaṙyan, who leaves the origin open.
Abaev and Nalbandjan derive by metathesis from Alanic *Æspӕruk (see Proto-Ossetic *Aspaurūkɨ).
Related to Inscriptional Parthian 𐭀𐭎𐭐𐭅𐭓𐭊 (ʾspwrk /Aspōrak/).
Compare also the name Ասպրակոս (Asprakos).
Proper noun
Ասպուրակէս • (Aspurakēs)
- a male given name, Aspurakes, Aspurak
Declension
a-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs) |
| genitive | Ասպուրակայ (Aspurakay) |
| dative | Ասպուրակայ (Aspurakay) |
| accusative | Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs) |
| ablative | Ասպուրակայ (Aspurakay) |
| instrumental | Ասպուրակաւ (Aspurakaw) |
| locative | Ասպուրակէս (Aspurakēs) |
Related terms
- հասբ (hasb)
Descendants
- Armenian: Ասպուրակես (Aspurakes)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Ասպուրակէս”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 231
- Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47a
- Абаев, В. И. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 157
- Nalbandjan, G. M. (1977), “Армянские личные имена скифо-алано-осетинского происхождения [Armenian Personal Names of Scytho-Alano-Ossetian Origin]”, in N. Ja. Gabarajev, editor, Вопросы иранской и общей филологии (in Russian), Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 208