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): [d͡ʒam.ʃeːð]

(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^?	jamšēḏ
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

→ Gujarati: જમશીદ (jamśīd)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جەمشید (J̌amšīd)

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

Urdu: جمشید (Jamšed)
Uzbek: Jamshid
Armenian: Ջումշուդ (J̌umšud)

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