رستم
Persian edit
Dari | رستم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Рустам |
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian lwtsthm (/rōdstahm/), from Middle Persian lwd (/rōd/, “river”, whence modern رود (rud)) and stʾhmb (/stahm/, “force, power”, whence ستم (setam, “injustice, tyranny”)), i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to Old Armenian Առոստոմ (Aṙostom), Ռոստոմ (Ṙostom), Ռաստոմ (Ṙastom), from Middle Iranian.
Firdawsī’s great epic, the Shāhnāma, gives the name a folk etymology from رستم (rastam, “I escaped”), because the hero was born by Caesarean section.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾus.ˈtam]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɹos.t̪ʰǽm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾus.t̪ʰǽm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | rustam |
Dari reading? | rustam |
Iranian reading? | rostam |
Tajik reading? | rustam |
Proper noun edit
رستم • (rostam)
- (Iranian mythology) Rostam, the greatest hero of Iranian mythology
- a male given name, Rostam or Rustam, from Middle Persian
Derived terms edit
- رستمپور (rostam-pur)
Descendants edit
Noun edit
رستم • (rostam)
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾʊs.t̪əm/