خورشید
Persian
Alternative forms
- هورشید (horšid)
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫(𐭧)𐭱𐭩𐭲 (xwar(x)šēd, “sun”). Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (hvarə-xšaēta-, “bright sun (an epithet)”).
The first part is cognate with خراسان, the name of a province in eastern Iran (since the sun rises in the east), and the second part (equivalent to شید (“bright”) in modern Persian) with Old Armenian աշխէտ (ašxēt).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
| Dari | خورشید |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | хуршед |
خورشید • (xoršid)
Derived terms
- خورشیدی (xoršidi)
Proper noun
| Dari | خورشید |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Хуршед |
خورشید • (xoršid)
- a unisex given name, Khorshid
See also
References
- ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, pages 249, 402
Urdu
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian خورشید (khoršid).
Noun
خورشید • (xvuršed) m (Hindi spelling ख़्वुरशेद)