არტაგ

Old Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from the Middle Iranian name underlying Old Armenian Արտակ (Artak). See it for more.

Proper noun

არტაგ • (arṭag)

1. a male given name

Usage notes

In Georgian sources this the name of an Iberian king defeated by Pompey, known in Classical sources as Ancient Greek Ἀρτώκης (Artṓkēs), Latin Artoces, Arthoces, Artaces.

Descendants

• → Georgian: არტაგი (arṭagi) (learned)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Արտակ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 303, derives from the Armenian
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 433, identifies the underlying Middle Persian appellative incorrectly
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986) “არტაგ”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Kartvelian Anthroponyms]‎^[1] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 75a
• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ἀρτώκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40a
• Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 222
• Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976) Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de la Caucasie chrétienne (Arménie - Géorgie - Albanie) (in French), Rome: Edizioni Aquila, § 93.7, page 82, spelling as Artog