Farhad
| Pronunciation | fæɾˈhɒːd |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Persian origin, also used in Turkic languages |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Iranian |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Phraates, Ferhad, Ferhat, Farkhad, Farrad |
Farhad (Persian: فرهاد farhād), also spelt Ferhaad, Ferhod or Ferhat, is a common Persian name for men used since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC. Variants of the name are also commonly found in other countries with historical Iranian influences such as Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Farhad, Nishapur – a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Farhād Tarāsh – a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran
Literature[edit]
People with the given name Farhad[edit]
- 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 Indian 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
People with the surname Farhad[edit]
- Ariful Kabir Farhad, Bangladeshi professional footballer
- Kamilla Farhad, Azerbaijani tennis player
- Maria Farhad, Iraqi beauty pageant winner
- Mohamed Farhad, Maldivian singer
- Mohammad Farhad, Bangladesh politician
- Massumeh Farhad, American curator and art historian
- Sayed Farhad, Kuwaiti judoka
- Shirin Farhad, disambiguation page
- Zafrul Hasan Farhad, Bangladeshi politician
See also[edit]
- Phraates, the name of 5 kings in the Arsacid Empire
- Aphrahat, 3rd-century Syriac Christian monk and ascetic
References[edit]
- ^ "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).