Artin (name)

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Artin is both a surname and a given name. It is an old Median name meaning pure and virtuous coming from the name of the Median king Phraortes (Fravartiš).[citation needed] Also, in the Armenian-speaking world, it is a variation of the given name Harutyun. Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname[]

People with the given name[]

  • Artin Boşgezenyan, an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era
  • Artin Dadyan Pasha, Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1876 until 1901
  • Artin Hindoğlu, 19th-century Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary
  • Artin Penik (1921–1982), Turkish-Armenian protester who committed suicide by self-immolation

See also[]

  • Artin (disambiguation)
  • Harutyun
  • Artins, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département in central France
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