Farhad ( fa, فرهاد ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the

Parthians Parthian may be: Historical * A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran * Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD) * Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language * Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by ...

, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC.

Etymology

Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from

Middle Persian Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle P ...

''Frahād'' (in xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 prht ''Frahāt''; in grc, Φραάτης ''Phraatēs''), ultimately from

Old Iranian The Iranian languages or Iranic languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau. The Iranian languages are grouped ...

*''fra-hāta''- "merited, obtained".Hübschmann, Armenische Grammatik. D. N. MacKenzie, “Some Names from Nisa,” in Peredneaziatskiĭ sbornik IV: Drevnyaya isrednevekovaya istoriya i filologiya stran perednego i srednego vostoka, Moscow, 1986, pp. 105–15 (reprinted i
Idem, Iranica diversa, ed. C. G. Cereti and L. Paul, Rome, 1999, pp. 209–15
.

Places

Farhad, Nishapur Farhad ( fa, فرهاد, as Farhād) is a village in Rivand Rural District, in the Central District of Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

– a village in Nishapur County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *

Farhād Tarāsh The Farhād Tarāsh (), or Tarāsh-e Farhād is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran. Located near the famous Behistun Inscription, its height is around 30 meters and its width is around 200 meters. The retaining wall in ...

– a rockface on Mount Behistun, Iran

Literature

Farhad (Persian literature) Farhād ( pal, Frahāt, fa, فرهاد) is a famous character in Persian literature and Persian mythology. The story of his love with Shirin is one of the most famous love stories in Persian culture. The most important work about him is Khosro ...

People with the given name Farhad

* Farhad I

Phraates I of Parthia Phraates I ( xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt'') was king of the Arsacid dynasty from 170/168 BC to 165/64 BC. He subdued the Mardians, conquered their territory in the Alborz mountains, and reclaimed Hyrcania from the Seleucid Empire. He died i ...

c. 176–171 BC * Farhad II

Phraates II of Parthia Phraates II (also spelled Frahad I; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt'') was king of the Parthian Empire from 132 BC to 127 BC. He was the son and successor of Mithridates I (). Because he was still very young when he came to the throne, his mot ...

c. 138–127 BC * Farhad III

Phraates III of Parthia Phraates III (also spelled Frahad III; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt''), was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 69 BC to 57 BC. He was the son and successor of Sinatruces (). At Phraates III's accession, his empire coul ...

c. 70–57 BC * Farhad IV

Phraates IV of Parthia Phraates IV (also spelled Frahad IV; xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt''), was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 37 to 2 BC. He was the son and successor of Orodes II (), and was given the throne after the death of his brother Pacorus ...

c. 38–2 BC *

Farhad V Phraates V ( xpr, 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 ''Frahāt''), also known by the diminutive version of his name, Phraataces (also spelled Phraatakes), was the King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 2 BC to 4 AD. He was the younger son of Phraates IV () and ...

Phraates V of Parthia (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4 *

Farkhad Akhmedov Farkhad Teimurovich Akhmedov ( az, Fərhad Teymur oğlu Əhmədov, Russian: ''Фархад Теймурович Ахмедов;'' born 15 September 1955) is an Azerbaijani businessman and a former politician in Russia, departing his role in 20 ...

, Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin *

Farhad Aliyev Farhad Aliyev ( az, Fərhad Əliyev) is an Azerbaijani politician. He was born in 1963 in Azerbaijan. Early life Farhad Aliyev received his school education at Alar village in 1970–1980, where he was born. Having completed his secondary educa ...

, Azerbaijani politician * Farhad Badalbeyli, Azerbaijani pianist and composer * Farkhat Bazarov, Russian footballer * Farhad Daftary, Ismaili scholar *

Farhad Darya Farhad Darya ( Pashto/ Dari: ; born 22 September 1962) is an Afghan singer, composer and music producer who has written and composed songs in various languages. Darya sings in various languages including mostly his native language of Persian ...

, Afghan singer *

Farhad Fakhreddini Farhad Fakhreddini ( fa, فرهاد فخرالدینی; born 11 March 1938 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra. He led Iran's Radio and Television Orchestra from ...

, Iranian composer *

Farhad Kazemi Farhad Kazemi ( fa, فرهاد کاظمی; born 1 July 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian football coach With many professional clubs in his résumé, Kazemi has established himself as one of the top coaches in a country which has many enthusiastic f ...

, Iranian football manager * Farhad Khan, Mughal Indian faujdar of Sylhet and Chittagong * Farhad Khoiee-Abbasi, public protester in Chicago * Farkhad Magametov, Uzbek footballer *

Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi ( fa, فرهاد مجیدی; born 3 June 1976) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Al-Ittihad Kalba SC in UAE Pro League. He mostly played as attacking midfielder for Esteghlal when he was a footba ...

, Iranian footballer * Farhad Manjoo, American journalist and author * Farhad Mazhar, Bangladeshi poet * Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer * Farhad Moshiri, British-Iranian businessman *

Farhad Rahbar Farhad Rahbar ( fa, فرهاد رهبر; born 5 October 1959, in Semnan) is an Iranian economist, academic, president and member of board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University, full professor of interdisciplinary economics and the former Ch ...

, Iranian politician * Farhad Veliyev, Azerbaijani footballer

People with the surname Farhad

Ariful Kabir Farhad Ariful Kabir Farhad ( bn, আরিফুল কবির ফরহাদ; born 12 March 1980) is a retired Bangladeshi professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He played for the Bangladesh national team from 2003 to 2006. Interna ...

, Bangladeshi professional footballer *

Kamilla Farhad Kamilla Farhad ( az, Kamilla Fərhad; born 18 January 1996) is an Azerbaijani tennis player. On 7 November 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 1141. On 10 October 2011, she peaked at world number 539 in the doubles rankin ...

, Azerbaijani tennis player *

Maria Farhad Maria Farhad ( ar, ماريا فرهاد, born 2001) is a beauty pageant titleholder who was named Miss Iraq 2021. She represented Iraq at the Miss World 2021 pageant in Puerto Rico in 2022. Early life Farhad was born to an Assyrian family in ...

, Iraqi beauty pageant winner * Mohamed Farhad, Maldivian singer *

Mohammad Farhad Mohammad Farhad (July 5, 1938 – October 9, 1987), popularly known as "Comrade Farhad", was a guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh independence war, and the President of Communist Party of Bangladesh and a member of Bangladesh Pa ...

, Bangladesh politician *

Massumeh Farhad Massumeh Farhad is an American curator, art historian, and author. She is the Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian Art. She is kn ...

, American curator and art historian * Sayed Farhad, Kuwaiti judoka *

Shirin Farhad Shirin Farhad or Shirin Farhaad may refer to: * A version of the classic Persian story of Khosrow and Shirin * ''Shirin Farhad'' (1931 film), an Indian musical film directed by J.J. Madan, the second Indian film with sound * ''Shirin Farhad'' (19 ...

, disambiguation page * Zafrul Hasan Farhad, Bangladeshi politician

References

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