''Ishkhan'' ( hy, իշխան) was a feudal title in medieval Armenia, literally meaning ''prince''. The word originates from

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

''*xšāna-'' (cf. Sogdian ''axšāwan'', "king"). The title ishkhan was used both in parallel and in substitute of other Armenian feudal titles, such as

nakharar ''Nakharar'' ( hy, նախարար ''naxarar'', from Parthian ''naxvadār'' "holder of the primacy""նախարար" in H. Ačaṙean (1926–35), ''Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran'' (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79) was a heredi ...

, paron, douks, ter, or

melik Мelik (also transliterated as ''Meliq'') ( ''melikʿ''; from ar, ملك '' malik'' (king)) was a hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as ''melikdom''s encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhic ...

. Ishkhan is also an Armenian first name.

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* * Medieval Armenia Armenian noble titles Armenian given names {{armenia-hist-stub