خسرو

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/), 𐮰𐮵𐮽𐮹𐮵𐮱𐮵 (hwslwb' /⁠Husrav⁠/), from Old Median *Husravah, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh (“renowned, famous”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwās. Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀 (haosrauuaŋha, mythical figure) (from an unattested *𐬵𐬎𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵 (*husrauuah)), Ancient Greek εὐκλεής (eukleḗs), Εὐκλῆς (Euklês), Vedic Sanskrit सु॒श्रव॑स् (suśrávas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xus.ˈraw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xus.ɾäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xos.ɹow]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χus.ɾäw]

• Rhymes: -aw

Readings
Classical reading?	xusraw
Dari reading?	xusraw
Iranian reading?	xosrov
Tajik reading?	xusrav

Noun

خسرو • (xusraw / xosrov) (plural خسروان (xusrawān / xosrovân), or خسروها (xusraw-hā / xosrov-hâ), Tajik spelling хусрав)

1. (great) king
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3026:

     گرگ و روبه را طمع بود اندر آن / که رود قسمت به عدل خسروان

     gurg u rōbah rā tama' bud andar ān / ki rawad qismat ba 'adl-i-xusrawān

     The wolf and fox hoped that a division (of the prey) would be made according to the justice of emperors.

Derived terms

• خسروانی (xusrawānī)
• خسروی (xusrawī)
• کیخسرو (kayxusraw)

Proper noun

خسرو • (xusraw / xosrov) (Tajik spelling Хусрав)

1. a male given name, Khosrow, Khusro, Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosro, Khusraw, Chosroes, or Osroes, from Middle Persian

Descendants

• → Arabic: كِسْرَى (kisrā)
  • Andalusian Arabic: كِسْرَى (kisrā)
  • → Old Georgian: ქასრე (kasre)
  • → Iranian Persian: کسری (kasrâ)
• → Azerbaijani: Xosrov
• → Bengali: খসরু (khośru)
• → English: Khosrow
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ुसरो (xusro)

  Urdu: خُسْرَو (xusrau)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ੁਸਰੋ (xusro)

  Shahmukhi script: خُسْرو (xusro)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خسرو (Husrev)
  • Turkish: Hüsrev
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Husrev

See also

• Khosrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prods Oktor Skjærvø, "KAYĀNIĀN vii. Kauui Haosrauuah, Kay Husrōy, Kay Ḵosrow", Encyclopædia Iranica, May 15, 2013
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962), “Խոսրով”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خسرو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim