Arshavir ( hy, Արշաւիր, ) is an ancient

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

name that means " virile" (from the Persian). According to Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1848-1908) it means "man" (Zend aršan +vira). This name is related to the family of the 9th-century Patriarch of Constantinople, Photius. Photius' mother Irene was the sister of Arshavir, who had married Calomaria, the sister of ''

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and the empress

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. Arshavir, Photius' uncle, is often confused with Arshavir, the brother of John the Grammarian."Arshavir, Photius' uncle, must not be confused with Arshavir, the brother of John the Grammarian." Role of the Armenians in Byzantine Science. By Nicolas Adontz, Armenian Review, vol. 3., No 3 (1950), p. 66.

People with the name

*Arshavir Shirakian (1900–1973), Armenian writer

People with the name

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