خسرو

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwslwb' /⁠Husrav⁠/), from Old Median *Husrava, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwah (“renowned, famous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xus.ɾaw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊs.ɾäw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xus.ɾäw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xos.ɹow]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χus.ɾäw]

Readings
Classical reading?	xusraw
Dari reading?	xusraw
Iranian reading?	xosrow
Tajik reading?	xusrav

Proper noun

خسرو • (xosrow)

1. a male given name from Middle Persian, Khosrow, Khusro, Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosro, Khusraw, Chosroes, Osroes

Noun

خسرو • (xosrow) (plural خسروان (xosrovân) or خسروها (xosrow-hâ))

1. (great) king
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3026:

     گرگ و روبه را طمع بود اندر آن / که رود قسمت به عدل خسروان

     gurg u rôbah râ tama' bud andar ân / ki rawad qismat ba 'adl-i-xusrawân

     The wolf and fox hoped that a division (of the prey) would be made according to the justice of emperors.

Derived terms

• خسروانی (xosravâni)
• خسروی (xosravi)
• کیخسرو (keyxosrow)

 

Descendants

• → Arabic: كِسْرَى (kisrā)
• → English: Khosrow
• → Turkish: Hüsrev

See also

• Khosrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prods Oktor Skjærvø, "KAYĀNIĀN vii. Kauui Haosrauuah, Kay Husrōy, Kay Ḵosrow", Encyclopædia Iranica, May 15, 2013
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Խոսրով”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خسرو”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim