# Արտաշէն
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

A Middle Iranian borrowing. Traditionally explained as a hypocoristic in -ēn (see Զաւէն (Zawēn) for this suffix) of names with *Arta(x)š-, such as Արտաշէս (Artašēs), Արտաշիր (Artašir), thus Old Iranian *R̥ta-xš-aina-. But Justi explains as Old Iranian *R̥ta-šayana- (“having a clean dwelling, whose house is the seat of [religious] purity”) (see շէն (šēn)).

### Proper noun

Արտաշէն • (Artašēn) (hapax)
* a male given name, Artashen
** 5th century, Pʻawstos Buzand, Hayoc Patmutʻiwnʻ [History of the Armenians] V.37:Բայց Մանուէլ որդի Արտաշինայ ի Մամիկոնեան ի տոհմէն, հանդերձ եղբարբն իւրով Կոմսիւ, բազում քաջութիւնս կատարեալ ի նմին ճակատուն, սակայն հետիոտս ապրէին:Baycʻ Manuēl ordi Artašinay i Mamikonean i tohmēn, handerj ełbarbn iwrov Komsiw, bazum kʻaǰutʻiwns katareal i nmin čakatun, sakayn hetiots aprēin:Translation by Nina G. GarsoïanBut Manuēl son of Artašēn from the Mamikonean house, together with his brother Koms, performed many deeds of valor in this battle, though they survived [only] on foot.

#### Usage notes

The only known bearer of the name is Artašēn, a 4th century noble of Mamikonean house, father of sparapet Manuēl and Koms.

#### Related terms

* Արտակ (Artak)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Արտաշեն (Artašen) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Pʻawstos Buzandacʻi (1883) Kʻ. Patkanean, editor, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ‎, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, pages 201–202
* ↑ Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘)‎, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 218

### Further reading

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արտաշէն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 305
* Garsoïan, Nina G. (1989) “Artašēs / Artašēn Mamikonean”, in The Epic Histories Attributed to P‘awstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmut‘iwnk‘). Appendix I: Prosopography‎, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pages 356–357
* Horn, Paul (1898–1901) “Neupersische Schriftsprache [New Persian written language]”, in Geiger, Wilhelm, Kuhn, Ernst, editors, Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 191
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 30–31 with footnote 1, also page 90, footnote 2
* Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Artašin”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 37b, also 424, 511, incorrectly assumes the nominative to be *Արտաշին (*Artašin) based on the attested genitive Արտաշինայ (Artašinay), but the genitive of *Արտաշին (*Artašin) would have been *Արտաշնայ (*Artašnay)
* Rüdiger, Schmitt (1984) “Iranische Namenschichten und Namentypen bei altarmenischen Historikern”, in Beiträge zur Namenforschung. Neue Folge (in German), volume 19, page 330 of 317–331
* Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976) Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie chrétienne (Arménie - Géorgie - Albanie) (in French), Rome: Edizioni Aquila, § 4d, page 331, spelling as Artaschin