جمشید

Persian

Alternative forms

• جم (jam)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒam.ʃeːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæm.ʃiːd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃed̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jamšēḏ
Dari reading?	jamšēd
Iranian reading?	jamšid
Tajik reading?	jamšed

Proper noun

Dari	جمشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ҷамшед

جمشید • (jamšid)

1. (Iranian mythology) Jamshid
2. a male given name, Jamshid or Jamsheed, from Middle Persian

Derived terms

• جام جمشید (jâm-e jamšid)
• تخت جمشید (taxt-e jamšid)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: جەمشید (ǰamšīd)

  Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जमशेद (jamśed)

  Urdu: جمشید (jamšed)

• Uzbek: Jamshid
• Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)