رستم

Persian

Iranian Persian	رستم
Dari	رستم
Tajik	Рустам (Rustam)

(rostam dar hâl-e koštan-e aždahâ, “Rostam slaying the dragon”)

Etymology

From Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from Middle Persian lwd (/rōd/, “river”, whence modern ‎ (rud)) and stʾhmb (/stahm/, “force, power”, whence ‎ (setam, “injustice, tyranny”)), i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to Old Armenian Առոստոմ (Aṙostom), Ռոստոմ (Ṙostom), Ռաստոմ (Ṙastom), from Middle Iranian.

Firdawsī’s great epic, the Shāhnāma, gives the name a folk etymology from ‎ (rastam, “I escaped”), because the hero was born by Caesarean section.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾusˈtam/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾʊsˈtam/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɾosˈtæm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ɾusˈtam/

Proper noun

رستم • (rostam)

(Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology
a male given name, Rostam or Rustam, from Middle Persian

Derived terms

رستم‌پور‎ (rostam-pur)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Rüstəm
→ Bashkir: Рөстәм (Röstäm)
→ Chagatai: رستم‎ (Rustäm)
- Uyghur: رۇستەم‎ (rustem)
- Uzbek: Rustam
→ Georgian: როსტომი (rosṭomi)
→ Hindustani: rustam
Hindi: रुस्तम

Urdu: رستم‎
→ Kazakh: Рүстем (Rüstem)
→ Ottoman Turkish: رستم‎ (Rüstem)
- Turkish: Rüstem
- → Albanian: Rustem
- → Russian: Рустем (Rustem)
→ Tatar: Рөстәм (Röstäm)
→ Turkmen: Rüstem

Noun

رستم • (rostam)

(figurative) great hero

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɾʊs.t̪əm/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɾʊs.t̪əm/

Noun

رستم • (rustam) m (Hindi spelling रुस्तम)

knight, champion

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