Etymology

Khosrow

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Today it means: A male given name from Persian, used as a transliteration of names of various rulers Full definition →

Iranian Persian خُسْرَو ← Classical Persian خُسْرَو ← Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*Hsućráwās
  2. Proto-Iranian · derived from*Hhucráwāh“renowned, famous”
  3. Old Median · derived from*Husravah
  4. Middle Persian · derived from𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩
  5. Classical Persian · borrowed fromخُسْرَو
  6. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromخُسْرَو
  7. English todayKhosrow

Borrowed from Iranian Persian خُسْرَو (xosrow), from Classical Persian خُسْرَو (xusraw), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/), 𐮰𐮵𐮽𐮹𐮵𐮱𐮵 (hwslwb' /⁠Husrav⁠/), from Old Median *Husravah, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh (“renowned, famous”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwās.

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