Given name
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩
“king's son”
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (šhpwhry) is a masculine given name from Old Persian, meaning “king's son.” It is used in Middle Persian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old Persian *xšāyaθiyahyāpuθrah (“king's son”), built from Old Persian 𐏋 (“king”) + *puθrah (“son”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩’s family of names
In Middle Persian usage, 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 shares a linguistic root with the Zazaki form Şahpur. In Middle Persian usage, 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 can be written in the Roman alphabet as šhpwhry. In Middle Persian usage, 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Šābuhr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
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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