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  2. Persian Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning "victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.

  3. Persian Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (Yima Xshaēta), which meant "shining Jam". This was the name of a mythological king of Persia who ruled during a golden age.

  4. Old Persian Names - Behind the Name

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    Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayarša), which meant "ruler over heroes". This was the name of a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.

  5. Persian Origin Names - Behind the Name

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    Persian Origin Names. This is a list of names in which the origin is Persian. Farsi (also called Persian) is the language spoken in Iran. Means "servant of al-Husayn" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with حسین (Ḥoseyn), the Persian form of Arabic Husayn.

  6. Old Persian Origin Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (Yima Xshaēta), which meant "shining Jam". This was the name of a mythological king of Persia who ruled during a golden age.

  7. Persian Mythology Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (Yima Xshaēta), which meant "shining Jam". This was the name of a mythological king of Persia who ruled during a golden age.

  8. Old Persian Origin Names (page 2) - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Mithra. As a Persian vocabulary word it means "friendship, love, kindness". It is also the name of the seventh month of the Persian calendar. All of these derive from the same source: the Indo-Iranian root *mitra meaning "oath, covenant, agreement".

  9. Browse Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian form of Anahita. This is also the Persian name for the planet Venus.

  10. Armenian Names - Behind the Name

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    Modern Persian and Western Armenian form of Anahita. Anahit Անահիտ f Armenian , Armenian Mythology Armenian form of Anahita , introduced during the period of Iranian domination in the 1st millenium BC.

  11. Meaning, origin and history of the name Hormoz

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    Variants Ahura Mazda, Hormizd, Hormazd, Ormazd, Urmazd (Persian Mythology) Other Languages & Cultures Aramazd ( Armenian Mythology ) Hormisdas , Hormizd ( Middle Persian ) Categories