Afshin
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Middle Persian |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Middle Persian |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Afšīn, Afšin, Afşin/Afşın, Afshiin, Afsheen[a] |
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Afshin (Persian: افشین / Afšīn) is a common Persian given name, which is a modern Persian word derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians.[2] Historically, it was the princely title of the rulers of Osrushana before the Muslim conquest. The Afshins of Osrushana were a Persian principality in Central Asia.
Etymology
Afšīn is form of the Middle Persian Pišīn, which traces back to the Avestan Pisinah. In pre-Islamic Iranian tradition, it is the name of a grandson of Kayānid king Kavād (Yt. 13.132, 19.71) found as a proper name attested by Armenian historians in the form Ōšin (from Awšin).[3]
People
- Given name
- Afshin Ellian (born 1966), Iranian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet, and critic of political Islam
- Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (born 1992), Iranian footballer
- Afshin Feiz, Iranian-born British photographer and ex fashion designer
- Afshin Ghaffarian (born 1986), Iranian choreographer, director, dancer, and actor
- Afshin Ghotbi (born 1964), Iranian football coach
- Afshin Habibzadeh, Iranian workers' rights activist and reformist politician
- Afshin Hajipour (born 1975), Iranian footballer
- Afshin Jafari (singer), full name Afshin Jafari, Iranian pop star
- Afshin Kamaei (born 1974), Iranian footballer
- Afshin Kazemi (born 1986), Iranian futsal player
- Afshin Marashi, Iranian-American historian
- Afshin Moghaddam (1945–1976), Iranian singer
- Afshin Mohebbi, Iranian-born United States businessman
- Afshin Molavi, Iranian-American author and expert on global geo-political risk and geo-economics, particularly the Middle East and Asia
- Afshin Naghouni (born 1969), Iranian-born British visual artist
- Afshin Nazemi (born 1971), Iranian football player and coach
- Afshin Peyrovani (born 1970), Iranian footballer and a football coach
- Afshin Norouzi (born 1985), Iranian table tennis player
- Afshin Parsaeian Rad (born 1980), Iranian footballer
- Afshin Rattansi (born 1968), British broadcaster, journalist and author
- Afshin Sadeghi (born 1993), Iranian handball player
- Afshin Zinouri (born 1976), Iranian voice actor who is known for Persian voice-dubbing foreign films and TV programs
- Surname
- Arash Afshin (born 1989), Iranian footballer
- Nazanin Afshin-Jam (born 1979), Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author
Places
- Afşin, a town in the Kahramanmaraş Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey
- Avshen, a village in the Alagyaz Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
See also
Notes
- ^ Anglicization of original name.
References
- ^ Kurbanov, Sharofiddin (2021). Tadjikistan : au pays des fleuves d'or. Paris, Gand: Musée Guimet, Editions Snoeck. p. 152. ISBN 978-9461616272.
- ^ Mehrdad Kia (27 June 2016). The Persian Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-61069-391-2.
- ^ AFŠĪN in Encyclopedia Iranica. C.E. Bosworth. Online edition. 2010.
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