Gundeshapur

English

Alternative forms

• Gundishapur
• Gondeshapur
• Gondishapur
• Jondishapur
• Jundishapur

Etymology

From Middle Persian *Gundēšāpūr, from 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (why-ʾndywk-šhpwhry /⁠Weh-Andiyōk-Šābuhr⁠/), compound of 𐭥𐭧𐭩 (weh, “better”) + 𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱 (Andiyōk, “Antioch”) + 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (Šābuhr, “Shapur”).

Proper noun

Gundeshapur

1. An ancient city in the Sassanid Empire, located in modern-day Khuzestan province, Iran. It was founded by Shapur I and is known for its famous academy.

Synonyms

• Beth Lapat, Belapat, Belabad

Translations

Sassanian city

• Arabic: جُنْدَيْسَابُور (jundaysābūr)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܦܛ (Bēṯ Lapaṭ)

• Coptic: Bēlapat (Bēlapat)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Γουεαντιοχσαβωρ (Goueantiokhsabōr)

• Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (Weh-Andiyōk-Šābuhr)
• Parthian: 𐭅𐭇𐭉𐭀𐭍𐭕𐭉𐭅𐭊𐭔𐭇𐭉𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓 (Weh-Andiyōk-Šābuhr)
• Persian: گندی‌شاپور (gondi-šâpur), جندی‌شاپور (jondi-šâpur)