Ashk (given name)
# Ashk (given name)

Ashk (Persian: اشک) is an ancient male given name of Iranian origin. It also appears as Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 Aršaka, Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 Aršak, Armenian: Արշակ, or Arsaces (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσάκης).

The name was held by the first kings of the Parthian (Arsacid) dynasty, as well as some Armenians.

## Places

* Arshak or Asaak, a capital city of Parthian Empire

## People

* Arshak II of Arsacid Armenia
* Arshak or Artaxias I of Iberia
* Arshak II of Iberia
* Ashk Dahlén (born 1972), Swedish Iranologist and linguist
* Ibrahim Khan Gauri, pen name Ashk
