Farhad
| Pronunciation | fæɾˈhɒːd |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Persian |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Iranian |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Phraates, Ferhad, Ferhat, Farkhad, Farrad |
Farhad (Persian: فرهاد farhād), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC.
Etymology
Modern Persian name Farhād (فرهاد) is derived from Middle Persian Frahād (in Parthian: 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 prht Frahāt; in Ancient Greek: Φραάτης Phraatēs), ultimately from Old Iranian *fra-hāta- "merited, obtained".[1][2]
Places
- Farhad, Nishapur – a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Farhād Tarāsh – a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran
Literature
People
- Farhad I Phraates I of Parthia c. 176–171 BC
- Farhad II Phraates II of Parthia c. 138–127 BC
- Farhad III Phraates III of Parthia c. 70–57 BC
- Farhad IV Phraates IV of Parthia c. 38–2 BC
- Farhad V Phraates V of Parthia (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4
- Farkhad Akhmedov, Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin
- Farhad Aliyev, Azerbaijani politician
- Farhad Badalbeyli, Azerbaijani pianist and composer
- Farkhat Bazarov, Russian footballer
- Farhad Daftary, Ismaili scholar
- Farhad Darya, Afghan singer
- Farhad Fakhreddini, Iranian composer
- 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 Bin Mannan Mobin, Jaldhaka, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Bangladesh
- Farhad Khoja, Vapi, Gujarat, India
See also
- Phraates, the name of 5 kings in the Arsacid Empire
References
- ^ "PERSONAL NAMES, IRANIAN iv. PARTHIAN PERIOD – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ 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 in Idem, Iranica diversa, ed. C. G. Cereti and L. Paul, Rome, 1999, pp. 209–15).