tigranes name meaning
For the modern Ethiopian ethnic group known as Tigrayans, see Tigray-Tigrinya people. Tigranes /ËtÉªÉ¡rÉniËz/ (sometimes Tigran or Dikran; Armenian: Õ¿Õ«Õ£ÖÕ¡Õ¶; Ancient Greek: ÏÎ¹Î³ÏÎ¬Î½Î·Ï) was the name of a number of historical figures, primarily kings of Armenia.nother Tigranes was a member of the Achaemenid family who, according to Herodotus, commanded the Medes in the army of Xerxes during the invasion of Greece.