Asparukh (name)

Asparukh
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Iranian
Meaning	Possessor of Shining Horses (aspa + rauk); Horse-souled (aspa + rah);

Asparukh is a Middle Iranian male name,^[1] attested in ancient Georgia and early medieval Bulgaria. It is a compound with the two elements: "aspa" (horse) and "rauk" (shine), meaning "he who has shining horses".^[2] Some other researchers claim that the name is derived from "aspa" (horse) and "rah" (soul), meaning "one with a soul of a horse".^[3]

See the article in Wiktionary for more.

The two historically attested persons bearing this name are:

Asparukh of Iberia, a viceroy of Armazi in Iberia (Georgia), contemporary of the Roman emperor Hadrian (117–138 AD).
Asparukh of Bulgaria, founder of the First Bulgarian Empire in the 680s.

References

↑ Hyun Jin Kim (2013). The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 168.
↑ Encyclopedia Iranica online: Asparukh a Middle Iranian proper name attested in ancient Georgia and early medieval Bulgaria.
↑ Bŭlgarski etimologichen rechnik, tom 1, Institut za bŭlgarski ezik (Bŭlgarska akademia na naukite) Vladimir Ivanov Georgiev, 1962, p.18.

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[1] Hyun Jin Kim (2013). The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 168.

[2] Encyclopedia Iranica online: Asparukh a Middle Iranian proper name attested in ancient Georgia and early medieval Bulgaria.

[3] Bŭlgarski etimologichen rechnik, tom 1, Institut za bŭlgarski ezik (Bŭlgarska akademia na naukite) Vladimir Ivanov Georgiev, 1962, p.18.