جمشید

جمشید

Persian

Alternative forms

• جم‎ (jam)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (jamšēd), a Persian formation of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (yima-xšaēta), from Proto-Iranian *yámHah (“Yama; twin, pair”) +‎ *xšáytah (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yémHos.

Pronunciation

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

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒamʃeːd/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæmʃiːd/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒamʃed/

Proper noun

Dari	جمشید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ҷамшед (Jamšed)

جمشید • (jamšid)

1. (Iranian mythology), Jamshid
2. a male given name, Jamshid or Jamsheed, from Middle Persian

Derived terms

• جام جمشید‎ (jâm-e jamšid)
• تخت جمشید‎ (taxt-e-jamšíd)

Descendants

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: جەمشید‎ (J̌amšīd)

  Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: जमशेद (jamśed)

  Urdu: جمشید‎ (Jamšed)

• Uzbek: Jamshid