افشین

Persian

Etymology

Arabicized form of Middle Persian [script needed] (Pišīn) or its cognate in another Middle Iranian language, especially Sogdian, of unknown ultimate origin. Akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬌𐬯𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬵-‎ (pisinah-) and Old Armenian Ափշին (Apʿšin) and Օշին (Ōšin) (earlier Աւշին (Awšin)).

Pronunciation

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

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /afˈʃiːn/

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

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /afˈʃin/

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Proper noun

Iranian Persian	افشین
Dari	افشین
Tajik	Афшин (Afšin)

افشین • (afšin)

a male given name, Afshin, from Middle Persian

References

Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎, volume III, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, page 683
Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1962), “Օշին”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: University Press, page 235
Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 253
Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 907