Nestan-Darejan

Nestan-Darejan (Georgian: ნესტან-დარეჯანი) is a Georgian feminine given name, derived from the Persian nest andare jahan, roughly translated as "the matchless". It occurs in the epic poem by the 12th-century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. Afterwards, the name and its derivatives, Nestan (ნესტანი) and Darejan (დარეჯანი), were frequent in the Georgian royalty.[1]

Notable people named Nestan-Darejan, Nestan, or Darejan were:

References

  1. "ქართული სახელები" [Georgian Given Names] (in Georgian). Georgian Genealogy. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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