Where does “աշտանակ” come from?
աշտանակ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian ատշտանակ, from Parthian ātištānak, from Old Parthian ātr̥štāna-ka, from Proto-Iranian ātr̥-stāna- — fire stand.
աշտանակ (Old Armenian): candlestick
Ancestry of “աշտանակ”, step by step
Words derived from “աշտանակ”