Farhad
| Pronunciation | fæɾˈhɒːd |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Persianorigin, also used inTurkic languages |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Iranian |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Phraates,Ferhad,Ferhat,Farkhad, Farrad, Forhad |
Farhad(Persian:فرهادfarhād), also speltFerhaad,FerhodorFerhat,is a common Persian name for men used since theParthians,first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC. Variants of the name are also commonly found in other countries with historical Iranian influences such asBangladesh,Iraq,Afghanistan,Tajikistan,Uzbekistanand theXinjiangautonomous region ofChina.
Etymology
[edit]Modern Persian nameFarhād(فرهاد) is derived fromMiddle PersianFrahād(inParthian:𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕prhtFrahāt;inAncient Greek:ΦραάτηςPhraatēs), ultimately fromOld Iranian*fra-hāta- "merited, obtained".[1][2]
Places
[edit]- Farhad, Nishapur– a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Farhād Tarāsh– a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran
- Farkhad Dam- hydroelectric plant atTajikistan/Uzbekistanborder
Literature
[edit]People with the given name Farhad
[edit]- Farhad IPhraates I of Parthiac. 176–171 BC
- Farhad IIPhraates II of Parthiac. 138–127 BC
- Farhad IIIPhraates III of Parthiac. 70–57 BC
- Farhad IVPhraates IV of Parthiac. 38–2 BC
- Farhad VPhraates V of Parthia(Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4
- Farkhad Akhmedov,Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin
- Farhad Aliyev,Azerbaijani politician
- Farhad Ahmed Kanchan,Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter
- Farhad Badalbeyli,Azerbaijani pianist and composer
- Farkhat Bazarov,Russian footballer
- Farhad Daftary,Ismaili scholar
- Farhad Darya,Afghan singer
- Farhad Fakhreddini,Iranian composer
- Farhad Hossain,Bangladeshi cricketer
- Farhad Hossain,Bangladeshi academic and politician
- Farhad Kazemi,Iranian football manager
- Farhad Khan,Mughal faujdar of Sylhet and Chittagong
- Farhad Khoiee-Abbasi,public protester in Chicago
- Farkhad Magametov,Uzbek footballer
- Farhad Majidi,Iranian footballer
- Farhad Manjoo,American journalist and author
- Farhad Mazhar,Bangladeshi poet
- Farhad Mehrad,Iranian singer
- Farhad Moshiri,British-Iranian businessman
- Farhad Rahbar,Iranian politician
- Farhad Veliyev,Azerbaijani footballer
- Farhad Reza,Bangladeshi cricketer
- Farhad Shetul,Bangladeshi hockey player
- Bodruddoza Md. Farhad Hossain,Bangladeshi politician
- Md. Forhad Hossain,Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor
People with the surname Farhad
[edit]- Ariful Kabir Farhad,Bangladeshi professional footballer
- Kamilla Farhad,Azerbaijani tennis player
- Maria Farhad,Iraqi beauty pageant winner
- Md. Mazbauddin Farhad,Bangladesh politician
- Mohamed Farhad,Maldivian singer
- Mohammad Farhad,Bangladesh politician
- Massumeh Farhad,American curator and art historian
- Sayed Farhad,Kuwaiti judoka
- Zafrul Hasan Farhad,Bangladeshi politician
See also
[edit]- Shirin Farhad,disambiguation page
- Phraates,the name of 5 kings in theArsacid Empire
- Aphrahat,3rd-century Syriac Christian monk and ascetic
References
[edit]- ^"PERSONAL NAMES, IRANIAN iv. PARTHIAN PERIOD – Encyclopaedia Iranica".www.iranicaonline.org.Retrieved11 September2019.
- ^Hübschmann, Armenische Grammatik.D. N. MacKenzie,“Some Names from Nisa,” in Peredneaziatskiĭ sbornik IV: Drevnyaya isrednevekovaya istoriya i filologiya stran perednego i srednego vostoka, Moscow, 1986, pp. 105–15 (reprinted inIdem, Iranica diversa, ed. C. G. Cereti and L. Paul, Rome, 1999, pp. 209–15).