خورشید

Persian

Alternative forms

• هورشید (horšid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫(𐭧)𐭱𐭩𐭲 (xwar(x)šēd, “sun”), from Proto-Iranian *huHarxšaytah. Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀- (huuarə-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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari	خورشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хуршед

خورشید • (xoršid)

1. the sun
2. sunshine

Derived terms

• خورشیدی (xoršidi)

Proper noun

Dari	خورشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Хуршед

خورشید • (xoršid)

1. a unisex given name, Khorshid

See also

• مهشید (mahšid, “moonlight”)
• درخشیدن (darxšidan, “to shine”)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian خورشید (xūršed~xʷaɾšed).

Noun

خورشید • (xūršed, xvaršed) m (Hindi spelling ख़्वुरशेद)

1. (astronomy) sun

Synonyms

• سورج (sūraj)
• سوریہ (sūrīya)
• روی (rāvī)