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 (xorâsân), 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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xuɾʃed/

Noun

Dari خورشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik хуршед (xuršed)

خورشید • (xoršid)

  1. the sun
  2. sunshine

Derived terms

Proper noun

Dari خورشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik 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 Classical Persian خورشید‎ (xūršed~xʷaɾšed).

Noun

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

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonyms: سورج‎ (sūraj), سوریہ‎ (sūrya), روی‎ (ravī)
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