خورشید

خورشید

Persian

Alternative forms

• هورشید‎ (horšid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫(𐭧)𐭱𐭩𐭲‎ (xwar(x)šēd, “sun”), with. Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (hvarə-xšaēta-, “bright sun (an epithet)”). The first part is cognate with خراسان‎, the name of a province in eastern Iran (since the sun rises in the east), and the second part (equivalent to شید‎ (“bright”) in modern Persian) with Old Armenian աշխէտ (ašxēt).[1]

Noun

Dari Persian	خورشید
Iranian Persian	خورشید
Tajiki Persian	хуршед (xuršed)

خورشید • (xoršid)

1. the sun
2. sunshine

Derived terms

• خورشیدی‎ (xoršidi)

Proper noun

Dari Persian	خورشید
Iranian Persian	خورشید
Tajiki Persian	Хуршед (Xuršed)

خورشید • (xoršid)

1. A unisex given name, Khorshid

See also

• مهشید‎ (mahšid, “moonlight”)
• درخشیدن‎ (darxšidan, “to shine”)

References

1. Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, pages 249, 402

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خورشید‎ (khoršid).

Noun

خورشید • (xvuršed) m (Hindi spelling ख़्वुरशेद)

1. (astronomy) sun

Synonyms

• سورج‎
• سوریہ‎
• روی‎