𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭩 (wlḥlʾny), 𐭥𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭬 (wʾḥlʾm)

Etymology

Ultimately from Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəθraγna), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Wr̥tragʰnás. Compare Parthian 𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭇𐭓𐭌 (wryḥrm /⁠Wahrām⁠/, “war god, god of victory”).

Proper noun

𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 • (wlḥlʾn /Warahrām, Warahrān, Wahrām/)

1. a male given name, Wahram, Bahram
2. Verethragna, god of war, victory
3. (astronomy) Mars
4. name of the 20th day of each month

Descendants

• Persian: بهرام (Bahrâm)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “Wahrām”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press