خورشید

Persian

Alternative forms
  • هورشید‎ (horšid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫(𐭧)𐭱𐭩𐭲‎ (xwar(x)šēd, “sun”), with. 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]

Noun
Dari Persian خورشید
Iranian Persian خورشید
Tajiki Persian хуршед (xuršed)

خورشید • (xoršid)

  1. the sun
  2. sunshine

Derived terms

Proper noun
Dari Persian خورشید
Iranian Persian خورشید
Tajiki Persian Хуршед (Xuršed)

خورشید • (xoršid)

  1. A unisex given name, Khorshid

See also

References
  1. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, pages 249, 402

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خورشید‎ (khoršid).

Noun

خورشید • (xvuršed) m (Hindi spelling ख़्वुरशेद)

  1. (astronomy) sun

Synonyms
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