Old Armenian

Noun

շահան շահ • ‎(šahan šah)

1. Alternative form of շահանշահ ‎(šahanšah)
   • 9–10th century, Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia]

     շահանն կոչեցեալ շահ

     called the shahanshah

References

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 207–208
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շահանշահ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 482ab