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The suffix -shat (also transliterated as -šat) is found in Armenian toponymy.^[1] It translates as "happy; happiness" and derives from Parthian and Middle Persian šād ("happy, joyful"), ultimately from Old Persian šiyāta-.^[1]

Armenian toponyms which bear this suffix:^[1]

Yervandashat (Eruandashat)
Artashat (Artaxata)
Ashtishat

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Schmitt, R.; Bailey, H. W. (2011) [1986]. "ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. Iranian influences in Armenian Language". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 4-5. pp. 445–465.

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