Tiridates III of Armenia

== Name ==
The name Tiridates is the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] variant of the [[Parthian language|Parthian]] name {{Transliteration|xpr|Trdat}}, meaning "created by [[Tishtrya|Tir]]."<ref>{{harvnb|Schmitt|2005}}; {{harvnb|Russell|1987|p=386}}; {{harvnb|Rapp|2014|p=263}}</ref> Although Tir does not appear in the Avesta, he is a prominent {{Transliteration|ae|[[yazata]]}} (angelic divinity) in the Zoroastrian religion.{{sfn|Russell|1987|p=382}} The name also appears in other Greek variants, such as {{transliteration|grc|Terdates}}, {{transliteration|grc|Teridates}}, {{transliteration|grc|Teridatios}}, and {{transliteration|grc|Tiridatios}}. It appears in [[Syriac language|Syriac]] as {{transliteration|syr|Turadatis}} and in [[Latin]] as {{lang|la|Tiridates}}.{{sfn|Russell|1987|p=386}}