𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭫
Middle Persian
Etymology
From Old Persian *xšaθradārah, from 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (x-š-ç-m /xšaçam/, “realm, province, kingdom”) + 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎫𐎡𐎹 (d-a-r-y-t-i-y /dārayatiy/, “to hold”). Equivalent of 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štʿy /šahr/, “land, country”) + -𐭣𐭠𐭫 (-dʾl /-yār/, “to hold”)
Proper noun
𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭫 • (štʿdʾl /šahrδār/ or /šahriyār/) (Inscriptional Pahlavi)
Descendants
- Persian: شهریار (šahryâr)
- → Arabic: شهريار (šahryār)
- → Azerbaijani: Şəhriyar
- → Bengali: শাহরিয়ার (śahriẏar)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: शहरयार (śaharyār)
- Urdu: شہریار (śahryār)
- → Gujarati: શહરયાર (śaharyār)
- → Odia: ଶାହାରିୟର (śāhāriyara)
- → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹਿਰਯਾਰ (śahiryār), شہریار (śahryār)
- → English: Shahryar, Shahriar
- → Russian: Шахрияр (Šaxrijar)