بهرام

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian (see Parthian 𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭇𐭓𐭌‎ (wryḥrm /Wahrām/, “war god, god of victory”) and Middle Persian 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭 / 𐭥𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭬‎ (ʿlḥlʾn / ʿʾḥlʾm /Wahrām/)), from Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀‎ (vər^əθraγna, “smiting of resistance, victorious”), from Proto-Iranian *Wr̥tragnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Wr̥tragʰnás.

Related to Sanskrit वृत्रहन् (vṛtrá-hán, “smiter of vṛtra, i.e. smiting the cause of covering/hiding”). In pre-Islamic Iran mythologically conflated with the Persian Gulf narrows (which oral tradition considered to be a remnant of the "obstruction" that was overcome by Verethragna), hence in Iranian folk etymology incorrectly identified with the toponym "Bahrain."

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /bahˈɾɑːm/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /bahˈɾɔm/

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	بهرام
Dari	بهرام
Tajik	Баҳром (Bahrom)

بهرام • (bahrâm)

Bahram (the Zoroastrian divinity)
(astronomy) Bahram (the Persian name for the fourth planet in the solar system, Mars)
بهرام چهارمین سیاره در سامانهٔ خورشیدی است که در مداری طویل‌تر از زمین و با سرعتی کمتر از زمین حرکت می‌کند.‎
Bahrâm čahâromin sayyâre dar Sâmâne-ye Xoršidi ast ke dar madâr-i tavil-tar az Zamin va bâ sor'at-i kamtar az Zamin harakat mi-konad.
Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system, which moves in a longer orbit than Earth and with a slower speed than Earth.
a male given name, Bahram (the name of several Sassanid Kings)
Name of the twentieth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar

Derived terms

بهرامی‎ (bahrâmi)

Descendants

→ Middle Armenian: Բերամ (Beram), Պերամ (Peram)
→ Urdu: بہرام‎ (bahrām)