Babak (given name) explained
| Babak |
| Pronunciation: | in Persian pronounced as /bɒːˈbæk/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Language: | Persian |
Babak (Persian: [[wikt:بابک#Persian|بابک]]) is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian[1] name Pāpak[2] [3] [4] which means "father"[5]
People with this name
- Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire
- Babak (Sasanian general)
- Babak Khorramdin (795 or 798–838), Khurramite leader who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate
- Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (born 1976), French-Iranian kayaker
- Babak Hassibi, Iranian-American electrical engineer
- Babak Jahanbakhsh (born 1983), Iranian pop singer
- Babak Payami (born 1966), Iranian film director
- Babak Rafati (born 1970), Iranian-German football referee
- Babak Dehghanpisheh, American journalist
- Bobak Ferdowsi (born 1979), American engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
See also
References
- Book: SOURDEL, D . 1986 . . 2nd . BĀBAK . Leiden . E. J. Brill . 1 . 844 . 90-04-08114-3 . sourdel1 .
Notes and References
- Web site: Bāpak . Encyclopedia Iranica.
- Web site: Bābek . Huart, Cl . Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936) . E.J. Brill . 2012-04-25.
- Web site: Bābak . Sourdel, D . Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition . E.J. Brill . 2012-04-25.
- [#sourdel1|"BĀBAK",''Encyclopedia of Islam'', second edition]
- Bahramian, Ali, Stephen Hirtenstein and Translated by Rahim Gholami, “Bābak Khurram-Dīn”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 25 December 2023 ,First published online: 2015
