فریدون

Persian


Iranian Persian	فریدون
Dari	فریدون
Tajik	Фаридун, Фаредун

Alternative forms

افریدون (afridun), آفریدون (âfridun) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian plytwn' (Frēdōn), from Proto-Iranian *Θraitauna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Avestan 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (θraētaona), Lurish فرێدۆ (ferıdø). Akin to Old Armenian Հրուդէն (Hrudēn), a Parthian loanword.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fa.reː.ˈduːn/, /fi.reː.ˈduːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeː.d̪uːn], [fɪ.ɾeː.d̪uːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾeː.d̪uːn], [fɪ.ɾeː.d̪uːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾu.d̪un], [fu.ɾu.d̪un]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fe.ɹiː.d̪uːn], [fe.ɹej.d̪uːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾe.d̪un], [fä.ɾi.d̪un]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farēdūn, firēdūn
Dari reading^?	farēdūn, firēdūn
Iranian reading^?	feridun, fereydun
Tajik reading^?	faredun, faridun

Proper noun

فریدون • (feraydun)

(Iranian mythology) Fereydun/Fredon, Thraitauna/Thraetaona
a male given name, Faredun, Fareydun, Feridun, Firedun, Faredoon, or Firedoon, from Middle Persian
- c. 977-1010, ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی [Abu l-Qāsim Firdawsi Tūsi], “Zahhák”, in Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner, transl., شاهنامه [šāhnāma, Shahnameh]‎^[1], published 1905, The Birth of Farídún:
  بر آمد برین روزگار دراز
  که شد اژدهافش به تنگی فراز
  خجسته فریدون ر مادر بزاد
  جهان را یکی دیگر آمد نهاد
  [translit?]
  Years passed away, calamity approached
  The dragon-king, the blesséd Farídún
  Was born, the fashion of the world was changed.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
a surname
Name of several cities in Iran.

Descendants

→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܝܕܘܿܢ (frāydōn)
→ Turkish: Feridun
→ Azerbaijani: Firudin