Jamshid (name) explained
Jamshēd or Jamshīd[1] (Kurdish: Cemşîd, Persian: جمشید, in Persian pronounced as /dʒæmˈʃiːd/), also spelled as Jamshed, Jamshid, Jamshaid, Jamsheed, Cemşid, Jamshet, or Jamset, is a Persian masculine given name. It is a common name in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Parsis of South Asia. It may refer to the following:
Given name
- Jamshid Shah Miri (reigned 1342–1344), second Sultan of Kashmir
- Jamshid, Iranian mythical king
- Jamshid Amouzegar, Iranian politician
- Jamshed Ansari, Pakistani film actor
- Jamshed Anwar, Pakistani footballer
- Jamshid Behnam, Iranian writer
- Jamshed Bharucha, Indian-American educator
- Jamshed Dasti, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Jamshid Delshad, Iranian-American politician
- Jamshyd Godrej, billionaire Indian industrialist
- Jamshid Giunashvili, Georgian linguist, Iranologist, researcher, author, and diplomat
- Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Indian merchant and philanthropist
- Jamshid Kashani, Iranian medieval mathematician
- Jamshid Karimov, Uzbek journalist
- Jamshid Maharramov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Jamshid Momtaz, Iranian academic
- Jamshid Nakhchivanski, Imperial Russian, Azerbaijani, and Soviet military commander
- Jamshid Nassiri, Iranian footballer
- Jamshid Sharmahd, Iranian-German journalist
- Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrial pioneer
- Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar
- Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
- Nasir Jamshed, Pakistani cricketer
- Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (1914 – 2008), Field Marshal of the Indian Army
See also
Notes
- In Early New Persian there are two long vowels "ē" and "ī" which are both shown by the Perso-Arabic letter "ی". Their distinction is lost in western varieties of Persian (spoken in Iran), but more or less preserved in eastern varieties (spoken in Afghanistan and Central Asia).
