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ostikans

ostikans is the plural of ostikan.

Meaning of ostikan

Noun

ostikan (plural ostikans)

  1. (historical) Any of the Arab governors of Armenia.
    • The Sadjid ostikans were eager to foster mistrust amongst the nakharars, seeking to destabilize Bagratuni rule and to usurp the Bagratuni king's right to send taxes to the caliph.2007, Lynn Jones, Between Islam and Byzantium: Aght'amar and the Visual Construction of Medieval Armenian Rulership

Questions about ostikans

What is ostikans the plural of?
Ostikans is the plural of ostikan.

Words near ostikans in the dictionary

  1. ostiary
  2. Ostic
  3. ostikan
  4. ostikanate
  5. ostikanates
  6. ostikans
  7. ostinati
  8. ostinato
  9. ostinatos
  10. ostiola
  11. ostiolar

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