Given name · aii
ܒܢܦܫܐ
ܒܢܦܫܐ (bānafšā) is a feminine given name from Persian, ultimately from Middle Persian. It is used in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
aiiWritten in Syriac script, read right to left. In English: bānafšā.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
ܒܢܦܫܐ comes from Persian, and ultimately from Middle Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Persian بنفشه (banafše), from Middle Persian wnpšk' (wanafšag, “violet”).
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ܒܢܦܫܐ’s family of names
In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic usage, ܒܢܦܫܐ can be written in the Roman alphabet as bānafšā. In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic usage, ܒܢܦܫܐ was borrowed from the Persian form بنفشه.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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