Ashk (given name)

Ashk () is an ancient male given name of Iranian origin. It also appears as Aršaka, Aršak, , or Arsaces ().

The name was held by the first kings of the Parthian (Arsacid) dynasty, as well as some Armenians.

Places

• Arshak or Asaak, a capital city of Parthian Empire

People

• Arshak II of Arsacid Armenia
• Arshak or Artaxias I of Iberia
• Arshak II of Iberia
• Ashk Dahlén (born 1972), Swedish Iranologist and linguist
• Ashk Adamiyat, son of Fereydun Adamiyat
• Ibrahim Khan Gauri, pen name Ashk

External links

• Arsacid Empire - About the name "Ashk"