Given name · Persian
سالار
“head”·“-holder, -keeper”
سالار (sâlâr) is a masculine given name from Middle Persian. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: sâlâr.
Meaning & origin
What it means
سالار is built from elements meaning “head” and “-holder, -keeper”.
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سالار’s family of names
In Persian usage, سالار shares an earlier linguistic root with سردار. In Persian usage, سالار can be written in the Roman alphabet as sâlâr.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named سالار
- Salar KamangarIranian-American businessman, former CEO of YouTubeborn 1977
- Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung IPrime Minister of Hyderabad (1829-1883)
- Mir Laiq Ali Khan, Salar Jung IIPrime Minister of Hyderabad (1862-1889)
- Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung IIIPrime Minister of Hyderabad (1889-1949)
- Abolfath Mirza Salar od-Dowlehsalar od-Dowleh1880–1959
- Salar AbdohIranian novelist and essayistborn 1965
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