Ashk () is an ancient male given name of
Iranian
Iranian () may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Iran
** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran
** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia
** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...
origin. It also appears as ''Aršaka'', ''Aršak'', , or ''
Arsaces Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Parthian Empire, Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian ...
'' ({{langx, grc,
Ἀρσάκης).
The name was held by the first kings of the
Parthian
Parthian may refer to:
Historical
* Parthian people
* A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
* Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
* Parthian shot, an archery sk ...
(''Arsacid'') dynasty, as well as some Armenians.
Places
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Arshak or Asaak, a capital city of Parthian Empire
People
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Arshak II
Arshak II (flourished 4th century, died 369 or 370), also written as Arsaces II, was an Arsacid prince who was King of Armenia from 350 (338/339 according to some scholars) until . Although Arshak's reign opened with a period of peace and stabil ...
of Arsacid Armenia
* Arshak or
Artaxias I of Iberia
Artaxias I, of the Artaxiad dynasty, was a king ('' mepe'') of Iberia (modern-day Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
...
*
Arshak II of Iberia
Artaxias II ( ka, არშაკ) or Arsuk (არსუკ) (died in 1 AD), was a member of the Nimrodid Dynasty and was a king ('' mepe'') of Iberia ( Kartli, eastern Georgia) from c. 20 BC to 1 AD.
According to a legendary account from the m ...
*
Ashk Dahlén
Ashk Peter Dahlén (born 3 June 1972 in Tafresh, Iran) is a Swedish scholar, linguist, Iranologist, translator, and associate professor ( docent) in Persian language at Uppsala University. He is quadrilingual in Swedish, Persian, English la ...
(born 1972), Swedish Iranologist and linguist
* Ashk Adamiyat, son of
Fereydun Adamiyat
*
Ibrahim Khan Gauri, pen name ''Ashk''
External links
Arsacid Empire- About the name "Ashk"
Persian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Persian words and phrases