جمشید

Persian

Alternative forms

جم (jam)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ymšyt' /⁠jamšēd⁠/), from Old Persian *Yamaxšaitah, a Persian formation of Avestan 𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (yima.xšaēta), from Proto-Iranian *yamHáh (“Yama; twin, pair”) +‎ *xšaytah (“bright, shining”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yemHós.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒam.ˈʃeːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃeːd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæm.ʃiːd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäm.ʃed̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jamšēd
Dari reading^?	jamšēd
Iranian reading^?	jamšid
Tajik reading^?	jamšed

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	جمشید
Dari	جمشید
Tajik	Ҷамшед

جمشید • (jamšid)

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: Cəmşid, Cümşüd
- → Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)
→ Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)
→ Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جەمشید (ǰamšīd)

Northern Kurdish: Cemşîd (J̌amšīd)
→ Hindustani: jamśed
Hindi: जमशेद

Urdu: جَمْشید
→ Mewati: जमसेद (jamsed)
→ Uzbek: Jamshid