Armenian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پریخوان (parixân, a person who summons or conjures a jinn or peri), from پری (pari, peri) and خواندن (xândan, (archaic) to call, summon). Used as a given name among Persians: compare the name of Parikhan Khanum, a Safavid princess.

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Proper noun

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Փարիխան (Pʻarixan)

  1. a female given name, Parikhan, Perikhan [from 16th c.]

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