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خسرو
“renowned, famous”
خسرو (xusraw) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian. It is used in Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Chagatai, and 1 other language.
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish and Persian and Urdu and chgWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Xosrow.
Meaning & origin
What it means
خسرو goes back to Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh, meaning “renowned, famous.”
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Where it comes from
خسرو comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
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How it developed
From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy), from Old Median *Husravah, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh (“renowned, famous”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwās.
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خسرو’s family of names
In Arabic usage, خسرو shares an earlier linguistic root with كِسْرَى. In Ottoman Turkish usage, خسرو can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hüsrev. In Persian usage, خسرو can be written in the Roman alphabet as Xosrov.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
خسرو has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named خسرو
- Khosrow IShahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 531 to 579501–579
- Khosrow IIThe 24th Sassanid emperor (590–628)570–628
- Osroes IParthian king50–129
- Khosrow IIIClaimant of the Sassanid Empire (629–630)600–629
- Khosrow IVThe temporary ruler of the Sassanid Empire (630–632)600–631
- KhosrowSassanid Ruler
- Khosrow SinaiIranian film director, screenwriter, and composer (1941–2020)
- Khosrow ShakibaiIranian actor1944–2008
- Khosrow GolsorkhiIranian journalist, poet, and communist activist (1944–1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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