خونیرث

Persian

Alternative forms

• خونیرس
• هنیره
• خنیرس, خنیرث

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwnyls’ /⁠xwanīrah⁠/, “Xwanirah”), with the influence of Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (xᵛaniraθa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷaniːɾaθ]
• (Iran) IPA^(key): [xuːniːɾæs]

Noun

خونیرث • (xuniras)

1. (Zoroastrianism) Xwanirah, the central and largest of the continents in Zoroastrianism and Old Iranian Mythology, believed to be the region where the most advanced civilizations on earth reside.
2. (obsolete) The homeland of the Aryan (Iranian) people.

Related terms

• هفت کشور (haft kešvar, lit. the seven continents)