Asparukh (name)

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Asparukh is a Middle Iranian male name attested in ancient Georgia and early medieval Bulgaria. It is a compound with the two elements: aspa- “horse” and rauk presumably meaning “shine”, i.e., "he who has shining horses."

The two historically attested persons bearing this name are:

• Asparukh, a viceroy of Armazi in Iberia (Georgia), contemporary of the Roman emperor Hadrian (117-38 A.D.).
• Asparukh of Bulgaria, founder of the First Bulgarian Empire in the 680s.^[1]

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