Adashev Explained

Adashev (Russian: Ада́шев; masculine) or Adasheva (Russian: Ада́шева; feminine) is a Russian last name.^[1]

There are three theories regarding the origins of this last name. The most plausible one relates it to a Turkic word adaš, meaning namesake, comrade, friend. It is also possible that this last name derives from nickname "Russian: Адаш" (Adash), itself derived from a Vologda and Yaroslavl dialectal word "Russian: адать" (adat), meaning to cry, to yell. Finally, it could have developed from the diminutive forms of the Christian first names Adrian and Adam.

People with the last name

• Alexey Adashev, friend of Tsar Ivan the Terrible involved in the creation of the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
• Rajab Adashev, who starred in Abdullajon, a 1991 Uzbek science fiction comedy
• Zarrukh Adashev, Uzbek mixed martial artist

See also

• Adashevo, several rural localities in Russia

References

Sources

• И. М. Ганжина (I. M. Ganzhina). "Словарь современных русских фамилий" (Dictionary of Modern Russian Last Names). Москва, 2001.

Notes and References

1. Ganzhina, pp. 14–15