Paroyr Skayordi

Different theories exist about the possible historical identity of Paroyr Skayordi, whose second name is sometimes interpreted as meaning "son of a Saka/Scythian" or "of Saka lineage."

[1] Acharian derives Skayordi, the name of Paroyr's father according to Movses Khorenatsi, from the words skay 'giant' and ordi 'child, son'.

[4] Gevorg Jahukyan instead connects Skayordi and skay with the ethnonym of the Thracian tribe called the Skaioi, which according to him comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kāi- ('bright').

[3] Suren Yeremian notes that a derivation of Skayordi from Scythian *Spakāya (Akkadian Ishpakaya, the name of Partatua's predecessor) is also possible.

"[11] According to some authors, this Varbakes should be identified with the historical Median king Cyaxares, who allied with the Babylonians to destroy Assyria at the end of the 7th century BC.

[17][b] Boris Piotrovsky suggests that Paroyr was the Armenian ruler of Scythian origin[19] of one of the smaller countries subject to Urartu located near the northwestern border of Assyria, either Arme or an adjacent land.

[20] Gevorg Tiratsian believes that Khorenatsi's account takes the name and certain characteristics of Partatua for the figure of Paroyr and is an echo of interactions between the Scythians and Armenians in this period.