Արաստ

Old Armenian

According to Perixanjan, from Middle Median [Term?], from Proto-Iranian *Rasta-. Compare Parthian 𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭊 (rstk /⁠*Rastak⁠/), Middle Persian 𐭫𐭮𐭲𐭪 (lstk /⁠*Rastag⁠/). The form Երաստ (Erast) is from Parthian.

Արաստ • (Arast)

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Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Արաստ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 11