հարճ

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) concubine

Etymology
Together with the synonymous 🇨🇬 borrowed from, attested as the first part of the Sassanian title for the chief eunuch / head of the harem – 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,  – formed with  and literally meaning "woman-master, person in charge of women". First etymologized by Asatrian (apud Tafazzoli 1990). According to Asatrian the Middle Iranian word is cognate with 🇨🇬.

For a less likely Northeast Caucasian origin see.

Noun

 * 1) concubine