𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩
Middle Persian
Alternative forms
- 𐫢𐫀𐫁𐫇𐫍𐫡 (šʾbwhr /Šābuhr/) – Manichaean
Etymology
From earlier [Term?] (/*šāhpuhr/), from Old Persian *𐎧𐏁𐎠𐎹𐎰𐎡𐎹𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎱𐎢𐏂 (*xšāyaθiyahyāpuθra, literally “king's son”), from 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”) + 𐎱𐎢𐏂 (p-u-ç /puça/, “son”). Cognate with Parthian 𐭔𐭇𐭉𐭐𐭅𐭇𐭓 (šḥypwḥr).
Proper noun
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 • (šhpwhry /Šāhpūr, Šāpuhr, Šābuhr, Šābūr/)
- a male given name, Shapuhr, Shapur, the name of several of the Sasanian kings
Descendants
- Persian: شاهپور (šâhpur), شهپور (šahpur), شاپور (šâpur)
- → Ancient Greek: Σαπώρης (Sapṓrēs), Σαβούρ (Saboúr)
- → Arabic: سَابُور (sābūr)
- Andalusian Arabic: سَابُور[1]
- → Classical Syriac: ܫܒܘܪ (Šāḇōr)
- → Latin: Sapores, Sapor
- → Old Armenian: Շապուհ (Šapuh), Շապուրհ (Šapurh)
References
- علی صیادانی، وامواژههای فارسی دیوان ابن هانی؛ شاعر شیعه اندلس, پژوهشهای زبانشناسی تطبیقی، ص ۱۵۵
- Bosworth, C.E.. "S̲h̲āpūr", Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Online, 2013. 30 December 2013.
- Shapur Shahbazi, "SHAPUR I i. History", Encyclopædia Iranica, July 20, 2002