فرنگیس

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

[fæ.ɹæɲ.ɡʲíːs]

[fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

A very early manuscript error—influenced by فرنگ (farang, “European”)?—in the Shahnameh for *فریگیس (farīgīs), attested as فَرِيكِيس (farīkīs) in an early translation of the Shahnameh into Arabic. *فریگیس (farīgīs) is itself from a reversal of the constituents of Middle Persian [Term?] (/wispān-fryā/), from Old Median *vispafryā (literally “she who is dear to all”).


ماهین

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ماهین • (māhin)

→ Bengali: মাহীন (mahin)

From ماه (mâh, “moon, month”) + ـین (-in, relative suffix).
 From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ /māh/), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /māha/), from Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Sanskrit मासीन (māsīna, “monthly, one month old, of a month”, adjective).


بکتاش

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بَکتاش • (baktâš)

fa-proper noun

بَکتاش • (baktâš)

بَکتاش (canonical)
baktâš (romanization)

From a Turkic language.
* (Classical Persian) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bak.ˈtɑːʃ]

* (Dari, formal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bäk.t̪ʰɑ́ːʃ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bäk.t̪ʰɑ́ːʃ]
** (Kabuli) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bäk.t̪ʰɑ́ːʃ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bäk.t̪ʰɔ́ːʃ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bækʲ.t̪ʰɒ́ːʃ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: [bäk.t̪ʰɔ́ʃ]


روجا

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روجا • (rujâ)

fa-proper noun

روجا • (rujâ)

a female given name, Ruja, from Mazanderani


شاهرخ

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شاهرخ • (šâhrox)

From شاه (šâh, “king”) + رخ (rox, “face, countenance”).


رشید

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رشید • (rašid)

fa-proper noun

رشید • (rašid)

a male given name, Rashid or Rasheed, from Arabic


آریان

âryân (romanization)
âriyân (romanization)

Borrowed from French aryen or English Aryan by Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani in the late 19th century. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Áryas. Doublet of ایر (ir, “Iranian”), which was inherited, and آریا (âriyâ, “Aryan”), which is a learned borrowing.


مهراوه

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مهراوه • (mehrâve)


مایک

مایک • (mâyk)

A transliteration of the English male given name Mike