مارس

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مارس • (mârs)

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مارس • (mârs)

Borrowed from French Mars, from Latin Mārs.


کی

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kad /kay/, “legendary ancient king of Iran”), borrowed from Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 (kauui, “poet, bard; vision-poet, Mazdean sacrificer”), from Proto-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwHiš, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. The visionary poets of the Avesta were mistakenly interpreted as ancient kings by the Sasanian Zoroastrian priests.

der

(Iranian mythology) Key, Kay: the title of a number of legendary kings of Iran, belonging to the mythical Kayanian dynasty.


ناهید

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ناهید • (nâhid)

fa-proper noun

ناهید • (nâhid)

nâhid (romanization)
اناهید (alternative)
آناهیتا (alternative)

→ Gujarati: નાહીદ (nāhīd)

[nɒː.ɦiːd̪̥]

From earlier اَنَاهِید (anāhīd), from Middle Persian ʾnʾhyt' (anāhīd). Cognate with Northern Kurdish Nehîda, Nehî and Central Kurdish ناهیە (nahye), ناهێ (nahê).

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پوتین

Transliteration of Russian Пу́тин (Pútin).

transliteration

Пу́тин Путин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin)

Vladimir Putin; Russian president, 2012–current


پری

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پری • (pari) (plural پریان (pariyān) or پریها (pari-hâ))

pari (romanization)
پریان (plural)
پریها (plural)

Azerbaijani: pəri

→ Bengali: পরী (pori)

Chagatai: پری

Uyghur: پەرى (peri)

Uzbek: pari

→ Gujarati: પરી (parī)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: परी (parī)

Urdu: پری (parī)

Kazakh: пері (perı)

Northern Kurdish: perî

Southern Kurdish: پەری (perî)

Kyrgyz: пери (peri)

Malay: peri

Indonesian: peri (“fairy”)

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Ottoman Turkish: پری (peri)
Turkish: peri
→ Albanian: perri
→ Armenian: փերի (pʻeri)
→ Crimean Tatar: peri
→ English: peri
→ French: péri
→ Georgian: ფერია (peria)
→ Russian: пе́ри (péri)

Pashto: پري (pari)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਪਰੀ (parī)

Shahmukhi script: پری (parī)

Sindhi: پري (parī)

Tajik: парӣ (pari)

Tatar: пәри (päri)

Turkmen: peri

From Middle Persian [script needed] (plyk' /parīg/, “witch”), ultimately from Old Persian *parikā. Compare Manichaean Middle Persian pryg (pryg), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (paⁱrikā, “sorceress, witch”), Sogdian [script needed] (pṛʿyk-, “female demoness”) and Old Armenian պարիկ (parik), an Iranian borrowing. Connections that have been proposed include Middle Irish airech (“concubine, wanton woman”), and from Indo-European root *pelē- ‘to fill,’ Latin plēnus ‘full.’ Middle Persian parīg, Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), Latin parcae (“fates”), Ancient Greek Παλλάς (Pallás, “youth, maiden”), Sanskrit पारक्य (pārakya, “strange, alien”). Pokorny derives this from Proto-Indo-European *parīkā (“concubine”).

cog

دیوسان دیوسان#Persian

(Iranian mythology) sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian mythology opposed to دیوسان (daemon) and دیو (daeva); peri.


هما

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هما • (homâ)

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هما • (homâ)

From earlier همای (homây), from Middle Persian hwmʾy (humāy).

بازم و حیران شود در من هما
جغد که بود تا بداند سر ما

c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1161:

I am a falcon, and (yet) the humá becomes lost in amazement at me:
who is an owl, that it should know my secret?

bāz-am u hayrān šawad dar man humā
juğd ki buwad tā bi-dānad sirr-i mā


کرگدن

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کرگدن • (kargadan) (plural کرگدنها (kargadan-hâ))

kargadan (romanization)
کرگدنها (plural)
کرگ (alternative)
کرگندن (alternative)

→ Avar: гаргадан (gargadan)

→ Azerbaijani: kərgədan

→ Classical Syriac: ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkəḏānā)

→ Arabic: كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan)

→ Crimean Tatar: kerkedan

→ Gujarati: કરગદન (karagdan)

→ Gurani: کەرگەدەنگ (kargadang)

→ Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: kergeden

Central Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Southern Kurdish: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

Laki: کەرگەدەن (kergeden)

→ Lak: каргадан (kargadan)

→ Mazanderani: کرگردن (kərgadən)

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→ Middle Armenian: քարկարտան (kʻarkartan), քարկանտան (kʻarkantan)

→ Tatar: кәркедән (kärkedän)

→ Turkish: gergedan

→ Turkmen: kerk (from کرگ (karg))

→ Uyghur: كەركىدان (kerkidan)

→ Uzbek: karkidon

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

[kʰʲæɹ.ɡʲæ.d̪ǽn]

[kʰäɾ.ɡä.d̪ǽn]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (klg /karg/, “rhinoceros; horn”) + [script needed] (-dʾn' /-dān/, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”).
Compare Arabic كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan, “rhinoceros”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “a female rhinoceros”).


سیمرغ

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سیمرغ • (simorğ)

fa-proper noun

سیمرغ • (simorğ)

Akin to Middle Persian 𐭮𐭩𐭭𐭬𐭥𐭫𐭥: synmwlw (sēn-murw).
According to folk etymology a compound of سی (si, “thirty”) and مرغ (morğ, “bird”). See also The Speech of the Birds.


سیامک

siyâmak (romanization)
سیا (alternative)

Cognate with Sanskrit श्यामक (śyāmaka, “dark-coloured, dark”).


فرعون

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فرعون • (fer'own) (plural فراعنه (farâ'ene) or فرعونها (fer'own-hâ))

fer'own (romanization)
فراعنه (plural)
فرعونها (plural)

Borrowed from the Arabic فِرْعَوْن (firʕawn).


بید

Borrowed from Urdu بید (bed) / Hindi बेद (bed), from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

چهار بید که به زعم ایشان نامهٔ سماوی است به لغت سنسکریت است که در هیچ شهری بدان زبان تکلم نکنند سوای کتب این طایفه یافته نشود.

c. 1655, دبستان مذاهب [Dabistān-i Mazāhib]:

The four Vedas, which they claim to be celestial texts, are in the Sanskrit language, which is a language not spoken in any city and is not to be found except in the books of this sect.

čahâr bêd ki ba za'm-i êšân nâma-yi samâwî ast ba luğat-i sanskrît ast ki dar hêč šahrî bad-ân zabân takallum na-kunand siwây kutub-i în tâyifa yâfta na-šawad.

(Indo-Persian, obsolete) Veda (Hindu scripture)


مازندران

مازندران • (mâzandarân)

fa-proper noun

مازندران • (mâzandarân)

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɑː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɑ́ːn]

[mɔː.zän̪.d̪ä.ɾɔ́ːn]

[mɒː.zæn̪.d̪æ.ɹɒ́ːn]

Literally, “the gate or the valley of the giants” from مازن (mâzan) + در (dar) + ـان (-ân), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”). The name has been used in Shahnameh to refer to a land inhabited by divs (daevas) and sorcerers and is difficult to conquer. On the other hand, after Muslim invasion of Persia, the region of Tabaristan remained unconquered for a relatively long period of time, which was later called (and mistaken for) Mazandaran.

lit

(Iranian mythology) Mazandaran (a land mentioned in Shahnameh and Avesta)

Mazandaran (A northern province of Iran)

استان مازندران


اسفندیار

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/spandadāt/), in turn derived from Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬥𐬙𐬋𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬀 (spəntōδāta, literally “given by Amesha Spenta”).


هوشنگ

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هوشنگ • (hušang)

fa-proper noun

هوشنگ • (hušang)

→ Azerbaijani: Huşəng

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: होशंग (hośaṅg)

Urdu: ہوشَنْگ (hośaṅg)

→ Ottoman Turkish: هوشَنْك (Hûşenk)

[huː.ʃæɲɡʲ̥]

From Middle Persian hwšng (Hōšang), from Old Iranian. Akin to Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (haošiiaŋha, “Haoshyangha”).


فرهاد

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فرهاد • (farhâd)

fa-proper noun

فرهاد • (farhâd)

Azerbaijani: Fərhad

Bengali: ফরহাদ (fôrhad)

Turkish: Ferhat

Uyghur: پەرھات (perhat)

[fäɾ.hɑ́ːd̪]

[fäɾ.hɑ́ːd̪]

[fä.ɾɔ́ːd̪̥]

[fæɹ.hɒ́ːd̪̥]

From Parthian [script needed] (prht /frahāt/), itself from Old Iranian *frahāta- (literally “gained, earned”). Compare Old Armenian Հրահատ (Hrahat), Classical Syriac ܐܦܪܗܛ ('prht), Ancient Greek Ἀφραάτης (Aphraátēs), Φραάτης (Phraátēs) (from which Phraātēs), Φραδάτης (Phradátēs), Iranian borrowings.

der

(Iranian mythology) the unrequited lover of the princess Shirin in the medieval romance Khosrow and Shirin


رستم

→ Arabic: رُسْتُم (rustum)

→ Azerbaijani: Rüstəm

→ Bashkir: Рөстәм (Röstəm)

→ Chagatai: رستم (Rustäm)

Uyghur: رۇستەم (rustem)

Uzbek: Rustam

→ Georgian: როსტომი (rosṭomi)

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→ Gujarati: રૂસ્તમ (rūstam), રુસ્તમ (rustam)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: रुस्तम (rustam)

Urdu: رستم (rustam)

→ Kazakh: Рүстем (Rüstem)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رستم (Rüstem)

Turkish: Rüstem

→ Albanian: Rustem

→ Russian: Рустем (Rustem)

→ Tatar: Рөстәм (Röstäm)

→ Turkmen: Rüstem

From Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from Middle Persian lwd (/rōd/, “river”, whence modern رود (rud)) and stʾhmb (/stahm/, “force, power”, whence ستم (setam, “injustice, tyranny”)), i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to Old Armenian Առոստոմ (Aṙostom), Ռոստոմ (Ṙostom), Ռաստոմ (Ṙastom), from Middle Iranian.
Firdawsī’s great epic, the Shāhnāma, gives the name a folk etymology from رستم (rastam, “I escaped”), because the hero was born by Caesarean section.

der

whence modern <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">رود</i> (rud)

(Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology


سهراب

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سهراب • (sohrâb)

fa-proper noun

سهراب • (sohrâb)

→ Armenian: Զոհրաբ (Zohrab)

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→ Georgian: ზურაბი (zurabi), ზურაბ (zurab) — other widely used form, ზურიკო (zuriḳo) — pet form, ზურა (zura) — diminutive
→ Abkhaz: Жәраб (Ẑʷrab)
→ Armenian: Զուրաբ (Zurab)

[so̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːb]

[so̞ɦ.ɾɑ́ːb]

[soɦ.ɹɒ́ːb̥]


آناهیتا

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آناهیتا • (ânâhitâ)

fa-proper noun

آناهیتا • (ânâhitâ)

ânâhitâ (romanization)
اناهیتا (alternative)
اناهید (alternative)
ناهید (alternative)
اناهیته (alternative)

[ʔɑː.nɑː.hiː.ˈtɑː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɑː.nɑː.jiː.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

[ʔɔː.nɔː.ji.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

[ʔɒː.nɒː.ɦiː.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

[ʔɔ.nɔ.ɦi.t̪ʰɔ́]

Learned borrowing from Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫 (Anahita).


رودابه

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رودابه • (rudâbe)

fa-proper noun

رودابه • (rudâbe)


زال

perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, to mature”)


فریدون

feraydun (romanization)
افریدون (alternative)
آفریدون (alternative)

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→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܝܕܘܿܢ (frāydōn)

→ Turkish: Feridun

→ Azerbaijani: Firudin

From Middle Persian plytwn' (Frēdōn), from Proto-Iranian *Θraitauna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (θraētaona), Lurish فرێدۆ (ferıdø). Akin to Old Armenian Հրուդէն (Hrudēn), a Parthian loanword.

(Iranian mythology) Fereydun/Fredon, Thraitauna/Thraetaona


جمشید

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جمشید • (jamšid)

fa-proper noun

جمشید • (jamšid)

→ Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)

→ Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)

→ Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: جەمشید (ǰamšīd)

Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)

→ Hindustani: jamśed

Hindi: जमशेद

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Urdu: جَمْشید

Urdu: جَمْشید

→ Mewati: जमसेद (jamsed)

→ Uzbek: Jamshid

[d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪̥]

[d͡ʒæm.ʃiːd̪̥]

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (jamšēd), a Persian formation of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (yima-xšaēta), from Proto-Iranian *yamHáh (“Yama; twin, pair”) + *xšaytah (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós.


کی‌قباد

کیقباد (canonical)
key-qobâd (romanization)
کیقباد (alternative)

Bengali: কায়কোবাদ (kaẏkōbad)

Turkish: Keykubad


دوالی

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دوالی • (devâli)

fa-proper noun

دوالی • (devâli)

devâli (romanization)
دیوالی (alternative)

Borrowed from Hindustani دوالی / दिवाली (divālī), ultimately from Sanskrit दीपावलि (dīpāvali). Doublet of دیپاولی (dipâvali).


بیژن

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بیژن • (bêžan)

fa-proper noun

بیژن • (bêžan)


گودرز

From Middle Iranian *Gōdarz, according to MacKenzie from Old Iranian *Gau-tarza- (literally “Ox-crusher”), with the constituents ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”)) and *teleǵʰ- (“to beat, to crush”) (whence Sanskrit तृह् (tṛh, “to beat, to crush”)); see Pokorny for the latter root. The stem *tarza- is not attested in Old Iranian, unless Bailey is right in seeing it in Khotanese [script needed] (ustairṣṭai, “you tore”) ← *us-tarz-.
Akin to Parthian 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆 (Gōtarz), 𐭂𐭅𐭕𐭓𐭆𐭊 (Gōtarzak), and the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek Γωτάρζης (Gōtárzēs), Γωτέρζης (Gōtérzēs), Latin Gotarzes, Old Armenian Գոտորզ (Gotorz), Georgian გოდერძი (goderʒi) and Akkadian 𒄖𒋻𒍝𒀀 (Gu-tar-za-a /Gutarzâ/).


فرانک

farânak (romanization)
فرانه (alternative)

Azerbaijani:

Latin script: Fəranək

Arabic script: فرانک

Turkish: Feranek

Possibly from a variant of Middle Persian plwʾnk' (parwānag). Compare Iranian borrowings Arabic فُرَانِق (furāniq, “courier's guide”) and Old Armenian Փառնակ (Pʻaṙnak).


منیژه

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منیژه • (maniže)

fa-proper noun

منیژه • (maniže)


هژیر

hožir (romanization)
hažir (romanization)


سیاوش

head

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

fa-proper noun

سیاوش • (siyâvaš)

siyâvaš (romanization)
سیاووش (alternative)
سیاوخش (alternative)

desctree

→ Old Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიო (šio), სიაოშ (siaoš)
Georgian: შიოშ (šioš), შიოში (šioši), შიო (šio)
→ Armenian: Շիոշ (Šioš)
→ Middle Armenian: Բիուաբ (Biuab) (an incorrect transliteration due to orthographic confusion)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (syyʾwhš /siyāwaxš/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥- (siiāuuaršan-, literally “having black stallions”). Akin to Parthian 𐫢𐫏𐫏𐫀𐫇𐫢 (šyyʾwš /siyāwaš/), Khwarezmian 𐿃𐾰𐾶𐿃 (šʾwš), Elamite 𒅆𒅀𒈥𒃻 (ši-ia-mar-šá), Old Armenian Շաւարշ (Šawarš), Arabic سِيَاوَش (siyāwaš).

der

𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬥-


منوچهر

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→ Middle Armenian: Մանուչար (Manučʻar), Մանիչար (Maničʻar)

Armenian: Մանուչար (Manučʻar)

From Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (manušciθra). Akin to Old Armenian Մանաճիհր (Manačihr), an Iranian borrowing.


آتنا

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آتنا • (âtenâ)

fa-proper noun

آتنا • (âtenâ)

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪ.nɑː]

[ʔɔː.t̪ʰi.nɔː]

[ʔɒː.t̪ʰe.nɒː]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).

(Greek mythology) Athena (goddess of wisdom)


رع

Transcription of Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “the sun; Ra”).


اورانوس

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اورانوس • (urânus)

fa-proper noun

اورانوس • (urânus)

From Latin Uranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós).


قارن

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قارن • (qâran)

fa-proper noun

قارن • (qâran)

Ultimately from Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /Kārēn/), whence also Old Armenian Կարէն (Karēn).

(Iranian mythology) Qaran, an Iranian paladin, a character in Shahnameh


زاوش

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زَاوُشْ • (zâvoš)

fa-proper noun

زَاوُشْ • (zâvoš)

زَاوُشْ (canonical)
zâvoš (romanization)
زَاوُوشْ (alternative)

Derived from Avestan 𐬛𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 (dyaoš), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús), Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (Sius).


طهمورث

tahmuras (romanization)
tahmures (romanization)
تهمورث (alternative)

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English: Tahmooras, Tahmoorath, Tahmourath, Tahmurath, Tahmoores, Tahmouras, Tahmoures, Tahmuras, Tahmures (transliteration)

Georgian: თეიმურაზ (teimuraz), თაიმურაზ (taimuraz)

Armenian: Թամրազ (Tʻamraz)

Russian: Теймураз (Tejmuraz)

English: Teimuraz (transliteration)

Ossetian: Таймураз (Tajmuraz)

Russian: Таймура́з (Tajmuráz)

English: Taymuraz, Taimuraz (transliteration)

(Iranian mythology) Tahmooras/Tahmoorath, a mythical king mentioned in the Shahnameh.


ترامپ

terâmp (romanization)
trâmp (romanization)

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

[t̪ʰɪ.ɾɑːmp]

دونالد ترامپ

A transliteration of the English surname Trump


پریستان

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پریستان • (paristân)

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پریستان • (paristân)

→ Azerbaijani: Pəristan

→ Urdu: پَرِسْتان (paristān)

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰä.ɾiːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[pʰæ.ɹiːs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

From پری (pari, “peri”) + ـستان (-stân, “-stan”).

suf

(Iranian mythology) Paristan, a fairyland belonging to the peris


ژوپیتر

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ژوپیتر • (župiter)

fa-proper noun

ژوپیتر • (župiter)

župiter (romanization)
ژوپیترم (first-person singular)
ژوپیترمان (župiteremân, župiteremun^△) (first-person plural)
ژوپیترت (župiterat, župiteret^△) (second-person singular)
ژوپیترتان (župiteretân, župiteretun^△) (plural second-person)
ژوپیترش (župiteraš, župitereš^△) (singular third-person)
ژوپیترشان (župiterešân, župiterešun^△) (plural third-person)

Borrowed from French Jupiter, from Latin Iuppiter.


زئوس

From French Zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).


رام

From Sanskrit राम (rāma), most likely via Hindi राम (rām) / Urdu رام (rām).


اپنکهت

Probably from Old Hindi or Old Braj उपनिषत् (upniṣat), with the medieval pronunciation of ष (ṣa) as kha. Both from Sanskrit उपनिषद् (upaniṣad).


مازن

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مازن • (mâzan)

fa-proper noun

مازن • (mâzan)

From Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”), itself from a derivative of Proto-Iranian *máHtā.


مازنی

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مازنی • (mâzani)

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مازنی • (mâzani)

From مازَن (mâzan) + ـی (-i), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”).


سروش

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سروش • (sorôš)

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سروش • (sorôš)

→ Azerbaijani: süruş

→ Udi: соруш (soruš)

→ Urdu: سروش (saroš)

Inherited from Middle Persian slwš (/Srōš/), from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬱𐬀 (sraoša, “Sraosha”).

inh+

(Zoroastrianism, Iranian mythology) Sraosha, yazata of conscience


اطلس

Borrowed from Arabic أَطْلَس, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


دارا

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دارا • (dârâ)

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭠𐭫𐭠𐭡 (dʾlʾb /dārāy/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-u-š /dārayauš/), shortened form of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (d-a-r-y-v-u-š /dārayava(h)uš/). Compare English Darius.

inh

(Iranian mythology) Dara, a legendary version of Darius III who was defeated by Alexander

داراب داراب#Persian

(Iranian mythology) Alternative form of داراب (dârâb, a legendary Iranian king).


شیردال

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شیردال • (šêrdâl)

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شیردال • (šêrdâl)

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→ Arabic: شِيرْدَال (šīrdāl)

→ Arabic: شِيرْدَال (šīrdāl)

[ʃeːɾ.ˈdɑːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɑ́ːl]

[ʃeːɾ.d̪ɔ́ːl̥]

[ʃiːɹ.d̪ɒ́ːl̥]

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/šēr/, “lion”) + [Term?] (/dāl/, “eagle”).


برهمن

بَرَهمَن (canonical)
barahman (romanization)

Ultimately from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman).


هاماوران

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هاماوران • (hâmâvarân)

[ʔɑː.mɑː.wä.ɾɑːn]

[ʔɔː.mɔː.wä.ɾɔːn]

Ultimately from Old South Arabian 𐩢𐩣𐩺𐩧 (ḥmyr).

(Iranian mythology) Hamavaran (a legendary version of Yemen)


طهماسب

طهماسب • (tahmâsb)

fa-proper noun

طهماسب • (tahmâsb)

tahmâsb (romanization)
تهماسب (alternative)

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→ Armenian: Թահմազ (Tʻahmaz), ⇒ Թահմազյան (Tʻahmazyan)

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→ Georgian: თამაზ (tamaz)
→ Ossetian: Таймаз (Tajmaz)

→ Azerbaijani: Təhmasib

[t̪ʰäɦ.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰäɦ.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰɑː.mɑ́ːsb]

[t̪ʰɔː.mɔ́ːsb̥]

[t̪ʰæɦ.mɒ́ːsb̥]

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭧𐭬(𐭩)𐭠𐭮𐭯 (tḥm(y)ʾsp /Tahmāsp/, a male given name, literally “having brave horses”), a bahuvrihi compound for whose constituents see Persian تهم (tahm, “brave”) and اسب (asb, “horse”). Akin to Elamite 𒁹𒎕𒈠𒀾𒁀 (ᵐtam₅-ma-áš-ba /Tammašba/), borrowed from the Old Iranian form of the same name.
The proposed identification with Avestan 𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬁𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬀 (tumāspana, a given name, literally “with fat horses”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *tum-, should be rejected.

ncog

a male given name, Tahmasb, from Middle Persian

(Iranian mythology) A character in Shahnameh


عنقا

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عنقا • ('anqâ)

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عنقا • ('anqâ)

سیمرغ سیمرغ#Persian

(Iranian mythology) Synonym of سیمرغ (simorğ, a mythical bird).


باولی

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باولی • (bâvli)

fa-noun

باولی • (bâvli)


کتایون

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کتایون • (katâyun)

fa-proper noun

کتایون • (katâyun)

→ Azerbaijani: Kətayun

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→ Georgian: ქეთევანი (ketevani), ქეთინო (ketino), ქეთი (keti)
→ Armenian: Քեթևան (Kʻetʻewan)
→ Ossetian: Кетеван (Ketevan)
→ Russian: Кетева́нь (Ketevánʹ)

→ Ottoman Turkish: كتایون (Ketâyûn)

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰä.t̪ʰɑː.júːn]

[kʰʲæ.t̪ʰɒː.júːn]

(Iranian mythology) Katayun (wife of Goshtasp)


گشتاسپ

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گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

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گشتاسپ • (goštâsp)

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→ Arabic: كُشْتَاسْب (kuštāsb), كُشْتَاسْف (kuštāsf)

→ Azerbaijani: Güştasp

→ Gujarati: ગુશતાસ્પ (guśtāsp)

→ Ottoman Turkish: كشتاسب (Güştâsb)

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡʊʃ.t̪ʰɑ́ːsp]

[ɡuʃ.t̪ʰɔ́ːsp]

[ɡ̥oʃ.t̪ʰɒ́ːsp]


ببر بیان

From ببر (babr, “tiger”) + بیان (bayân, meaning unknown).

af

Babr-e Bayan, the leopard-skin armor worn by the hero Rustam


دستان

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دستان • (dastân)

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

[d̪äs.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

[d̪æs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Iranian mythology) Alternative name of the hero زال (zâl).


کوهکن

کوه (kuh, “mountain”) + کن (kan, present stem of کندن (kandan, “to dig”)).
In the medieval romance Khosrow and Shirin, the heroine Shirin tells Farhad that she will accept his love if he can achieve the impossible feat of cutting a hole through a mountain for her. He accomplishes this difficult feat, but Shirin's husband Khosrow lies to him that Shirin has died in the meantime, driving him to commit suicide.

af

کن
<pos:present stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">کندن</i> (kandan, “to dig”)>

فرهاد فرهاد#Persian

(poetic, Iranian mythology) "Digger of Mountains": an epithet of فرهاد (farhâd).