پدرام

An old compound. Akin to Sogdian [script needed] (ptrʾm /patrăm/, “calm, peace”).

• The first part is from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *próti, *préti. Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (paⁱti), Sanskrit प्रति (prati, “towards, to”).

• The second part is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-. Compare Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (ramaⁱti), Sanskrit रमते (ramate).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /padɾɑːm/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /padɾɒːm/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /pædɾɒːm/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /padɾɔːm/

پدرام • (pedrâm)

1. joyous
2. happy
3. nice
4. pleasant
   • 10th century, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     ‏چنین داد پاسخ که من ساز جنگ
     به پیش آورم چون شود کار تنگ
     نمانم که کیخسرو از بخت خویش
     بود شاد و پدرام بر تخت خویش‎

     čênin dâd pâsux ki man sâz-î jang, ba pêš âvaram čôn šavad kâr tang, namânam ki kayxusrow az baxt-î xweš, bûd šâd u padrâm bar taxt-î xweš

• خوش‎ (xoš)
• خرم‎ (xorram)
• شاد‎ (šâd)
• نیک‎ (nik)

• اندوه‎ (anduh)
• سوگ‎ (sug)
• سهم‎ (sahm)
• افسوس‎ (afsus)
• غم‎ (ğam)

پدرام • (pedrâm)

1. a male given name, Pedram

Alternative form of بدرام‎ (badrâm).

پدرام • (padrâm)

1. wild
2. undomesticated

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پدرام”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 366