Armenian

Noun

իշխան • ‎(išxan)

1. prince, ruler, ishkhan
2. Sevan trout

Declension

See also

• կարմրախայտ ‎(karmraxayt)
• ամառային բախտակ ‎(amaṙayin baxtak)
• ձմեռային բախտակ ‎(jmeṙayin baxtak)
• բոջուկ ‎(boǰuk)
• գեղարքունի ‎(gełarkʿuni)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from an Iranian word of the shape *xšāna-, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšaH- ‎(“to rule, be lord of”). Among the cognates compare Sogdian ʾγšʾwʾn, ʾγšywny, ʾxšywn(y) ‎(“king”), Manichaean Parthian ʾxšynd ‎(“prince”). Related to իշխեմ ‎(išxem).

Noun

իշխան • ‎(išxan)

1. prince, ruler, ishkhan

   իշխանաց իշխան, իշխան աշխարհի‎ ― išxanacʿ išxan, išxan ašxarhi ― the sovereign, the king; prince, crown-prince, heir-apparent

   իշխան զօրուն‎ ― išxan zōrun ― general of the army

   իշխան երգոց‎ ― išxan ergocʿ ― master of the choir

   իշխան աշխարհի, խաւարի, մոլորութեան‎ ― išxan ašxarhi, xawari, molorutʿean ― the prince of darkness, satan, demon, fiend

   իշխանք‎ ― išxankʿ ― the authorities

   իշխան լինել‎ ― išxan linel ― to rule, to command, to be in power, in authority

   իշխան առնել զոք‎ ― išxan aṙnel zokʿ ― to give power to someone

   իշխան էր իւրոց ախտից‎ ― išxan ēr iwrocʿ axticʿ ― he was master of himself, or his own master

   քում գլխոյդ չես իշխան‎ ― kʿum glxoyd čʿes išxan ― you are not lord of your own life

   չէ իշխան‎ ― čʿē išxan ― he cannot, he is not authorized to

   զիշխանի թեկն ածել‎ ― zišxani tʿekn acel ― to pass one's self off for a prince; to play the grandee, to lord it

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• իշխեմ ‎(išxem)

Descendants

• Armenian: իշխան ‎(išxan)
  • → Georgian: იშხანი ‎(išxani)
  • → Kyrgyz: ишхан ‎(işhan)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “իշխան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 246b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “իշխել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 246–247
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “իշխան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 864bc
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 526
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “իշխան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 246a
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