فریدون

Persian

Dari فریدون
Iranian Persian
Tajik Фаридун, Фаредун

Alternative forms

  • افریدون (afridun), آفریدون (âfridun) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian plytwn' (Frēdōn), from Proto-Iranian *Θraitauna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (θraētaona), Lurish فرێدۆ (ferıdø). Akin to Old Armenian Հրուդէն (Hrudēn), a Parthian loanword.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fä.ɾeː.d̪uːn], [fɪ.ɾeː.d̪uːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fä.ɾeː.d̪uːn], [fɪ.ɾeː.d̪uːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fä.ɾu.d̪un], [fu.ɾu.d̪un]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fe.ɹiː.d̪uːn], [fe.ɹej.d̪uːn]

Readings
Classical reading? farēdūn, firēdūn
Dari reading? farēdūn, firēdūn
Iranian reading? feridun, fereydun
Tajik reading? faredun, faridun

Proper noun

فریدون • (feraydun)

  1. (Iranian mythology) Fereydun/Fredon, Thraitauna/Thraetaona
  2. a male given name, Faredun, Fareydun, Feridun, Firedun, Faredoon, or Firedoon, from Middle Persian
  3. a surname
  4. Name of several cities in Iran.

Descendants

  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܝܕܘܿܢ (frāydōn)
  • → Turkish: Feridun
  • → Azerbaijani: Firudin
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