Dariush
Pronunciation | [dɒːɾˈjuːʃ] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Derivation | 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Dārayavauš) |
Meaning | Holding firm the good |
Region of origin | Persia |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Darius (given name) |
Related names | Darius (surname), Dara, Dario, Daris, Daria |
Dariush (Persian: داریوش), also spelled Darioush, Daryoush, or Daryoosh, is a Persian-language masculine given name. It is composed of Dāraya- (lit. 'to hold') and vash- (lit. 'good'), meaning holding firm the good.[1]
Within the Achaemenid dynasty, three rulers of the Persian Empire held the name: Darius the Great (or Darius I), Darius II, and Darius III. It went on to enjoy considerable popularity as a given name among Persian noblemen in later periods. Historically, the name has been transliterated into Latin and later into English as "Darius" and is well-known to the Western world in this form.
Etymology
[edit]The Modern Persian داریوش Dāriūsh, Latin Dārīus, Dārēus, Greek
People
[edit]- Beneil Dariush (born May 6, 1989), Assyrian-American professional mixed martial artist
- Dariush Arjmand, Iranian actor
- Dariush Ashoori, Iranian intellectual
- Dariush (singer) Dariush Eghbali (AKA Dariush), Iranian pop singer
- Dariush Forouhar, leader of the nationalist Mellat Iran party
- Dariush Homayoon, Iranian politician
- Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian film director
- Dariush Mozaffarian, Iranian-American medical researcher
- Dariush Safvat, Persian ethnomusicologist
- Dariush Shayegan, Iranian academic
- Roosh V (AKA Daryush "Roosh V" Valizadeh), controversial American pickup artist
See also
[edit]- Darius, an English transliteration/spelling
- Daris, a transliteration/spelling in Germanic and Slavic languages
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schmitt, Rudiger (15 December 1994). "DARIUS i. The Name". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 11 March 2012.