զարտագուն

Middle Armenian

An Iranian borrowing․ Compare Persian (zardgun, “yellow”), from (zard, “yellow”) and (gun, “colour”). Also used as a given name Զարտագուն (Zartagun) in the 12th century.

զարտագուն • (zartagun)

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Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Զարդագուն”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
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