khosrow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Persian, used as a transliteration of names of various rulers
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خُسْرَو (xosrow), from Classical Persian خُسْرَو (xusraw), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /Husrōy/), (hwslwb' /Husrav/), from Old Median *Husravah, from Proto-Iranian *Hhucráwāh (“renowned, famous”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsućráwās.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: خُسْرَو, 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩, *Husravah, *Hhucráwāh, *Hsućráwās
Inflected Forms
Khosro (alternative)
Khusrow (alternative)
Khusro (alternative)
Khosrau (alternative)
Khusrau (alternative)
Khusraw (alternative)
Husraw (alternative, Middle)
Chosroes (alternative, Latin)
Osroes (alternative, Latin)
Khosrov (alternative, Armenian)
Xosrov (alternative, Armenian)
Haosravangha (alternative)