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Afshin
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|Coin in the name of Rakhanch, Sogdian Afshin of the [[Principality of Ushrusana. Tamgha symbol on the reverse with the title and name of the ruler. Excavated in the Palace of Kala-i Kakhkakha I, Bunjikat. 7th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (RTL 213).]] Afshin () is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
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- Given name2.name
- Afshin
- Given name2.gender
- Male
- Given name2.language
- Middle Persian
- Given name2.origin
- Middle Persian
- Given name2.variant
- Afšīn, Afšin, Afşin/Afşın, Afshiin, Afsheen
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thumb|upright=1.2|Coin in the name of Rakhanch, Sogdian Afshin of the [[Principality of Ushrusana. Tamgha symbol on the reverse with the title and name of the ruler. Excavated in the Palace of Kala-i Kakhkakha I, Bunjikat. 7th century CE, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan (RTL 213).]] Afshin () is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
==Etymology== Afšīn is form of the Middle Persian Pišīn, which traces back to Avestan Pisinah. In Persian mythology, it is the name of a grandson of Kay Kawad (Yt. 13.132, 19.71) found as a proper name attested by Armenian historians in the form Ōšin (from Awšin).