a list of Zoroastrian/Avestan names

[Sirknight67]

http://www.avesta.org/znames.htm

[Pacifist]

Hey, I don't see Ardalan listed. Why don't yuou go back to your
Persian roots and pick a name that's listed in there?

P

[Sirknight67]

that's because you are ignorant and uneducated.
If you spent half the time on Iranian culture as you do on palestine
and cursing fellow Iranian Zoroastrians, Bahais and Jews, then you
would know that Ardalan is derived from Arta/Asha, which means
righteous. This is just the modern persian derivative of the Avestan
root of Asha and Arta, as in Asha, the law of righteousness and Asha
Vahisthta, but then again, that's probably not your interest anyway,
you are just looking to take a cheap shot since you have nothing
intelligent to contribute.

Post by Pacifist
Hey, I don't see Ardalan listed. Why don't yuou go back to your
Persian roots and pick a name that's listed in there?
P

[Pacifist]

Aye baba!
You are the one campaigning for going back to the Persian roots.
Therefore, you should change your name to Arta Asha.

P

[Sirknight67]

and what makes you think Ardalan isn't Persian? what does it sound like
to you arabic? This is MODERN Persian! All languages evolve and I'm
sure even you will admit that the English used in say Shakespeare's
"the tempest" is not the same as the English used today, or the one
used by the Germanic Angles!
All languages evolve and even in the absence of foreign influence go
through phonetic shifts every thousand years or so.

[Pacifist]

Modern Persian is perfectly fine by me. It is you who dislike it
because you cannot get your head around the fact that half of MODERN
Persian is Arabic loan words (not to speak of Turkish, French, Russian
and, increasingly, English loan words).

P

[Sirknight67]

half of modern Persian is not arabic, this is yet another wild
exageration on your part and I'm sure you wish it were all arabic.
About one third is (unfortunately) and this is according to a Persian
scholar of linguistics who teaches at Calremont University.
Still, this name is not influenced by arabic whatsoever, it is
descended from Avestan.

[Sirknight67]

Correction: Claremont

[Pacifist]

yeah, yeah.... all these unnamed people with unpublished articles tell
you that yu are correct ;-)

[Sirknight67]

hassoudet kard?

;-))))

[Pacifist]

You mean "hassoudit shod".

Lesson in "modern Persian" provided free of charge.

Na baba, hasoudim nashod, amma khodemoonim kossi she'r ham ziyad megee!

P

[Sirknight67]

chera kossesher zyad meegam? Choun ke haleet nemeeshe va maloumatet kam
hast? behet bar nakhore babam jan, hala yek rooz raje be to ham yek
kassi chize khoub khahad goft

:-)

PS: merci vase darse majanee
I hope you live that long ;-)

[mash_ghasem]

Thanks Ardalan jAn for your positive and informative posts.
Keep up the good work and let's have fun. Even with
brothers ;-)

Post by Sirknight67
http://www.avesta.org/znames.htm

[Homer]

Thanks for the info Sirknight. Do you know where the name Homayoun (my
name) is coming from by any chance?

[Sirknight67]

Hi Homer

yes I do, it comes from the Haoma plant which the INdians called Soma.
It was a type of ephedra used in religious ceremonies by the
pre-Zoroastrian priests, and was later picked up again by the Magians.
It was ground to powder and made into a juice and consumed to produce a
certain "high" effect.

[Pacifist]

But Homayoun also has a meaning today: Auspicious or Fortunate.
That's probably why this man's parents gave him this name.

P

[Brablo]

No. Humayun is a Turkish name, isn't it? India's second Mughal
emperor was Humayun. Today, "Humayun" is a somewhat common Islamic
name of people in the sub-continent.

[Sirknight67]

Homayoun a "Turkish name"???!! I have never heard such pan-turkish
nonense. It is an Avestan name that goes way back in time before turks
even entered history from Mongolia.

[Homer]

Thanks Sirknight67. You are very Knowledgeable.

[Sirknight67]

you're welcome and thank you for the kind comment