خسرو

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Persian

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Dari خسرو
Iranian Persian
Tajik Хусрав

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/), (hwslwb' /⁠Husrav⁠/), from Old Median *Husrava, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwah (“renowned, famous”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xusraw
Dari reading? xusraw
Iranian reading? xosrow
Tajik reading? xusrav

Proper noun

خسرو • (xosrow)

  1. a male given name from Middle Persian, Khosrow, Khusro, Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosro, Khusraw, Chosroes, Osroes

Noun

خسرو • (xosrow) (plural خسروان (xosrovân) or خسروها (xosrow-hâ))

  1. (great) king
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume I, verse 3026:
      گرگ و روبه را طمع بود اندر آن / که رود قسمت به عدل خسروان
      gurg u rôbah râ tama' bud andar ân / ki rawad qismat ba 'adl-i-xusrawân
      The wolf and fox hoped that a division (of the prey) would be made according to the justice of emperors.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: كِسْرَى (kisrā)
  • → English: Khosrow
  • → Turkish: Hüsrev
  • → Azerbaijani: Xosrov

See also

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خسرو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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