Persian
names are used in the country of Iran, in southwestern Asia, which is part of the Muslim world. See also
about Iranian names.
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ARABESTAN عربستان (Country & Region) PersianFrom Persian عرب
(arab) meaning "Arab" combined with the suffix -ستان
(-stân) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for both the Arabian Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (used as a shortened form of عربستان سعودی
(Arabestân-e Sa'udi), the full Persian name for the country).
ARMANESTAN ارمنستان (Country) PersianFrom Persian ارمن
(Arman) referring to Armenia and combined with the suffix ـستان
(stan) meaning "land of". This is the Persian name for
Armenia.
BALI بالی (Political Subdivision & Island) Indonesian, Balinese, Acehnese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Chinese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UrduFrom Sanskrit बलि
(bali) meaning "offering, tribute". This is the name of an island and province in Indonesia.
BANDUNG باندونگ (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Banjar, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Armenian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishFrom Indonesian
bendung or
bendungan meaning "dam, dike", used to refer to the area in relation to the nearby Citarum River. Local sources relate the name to the phrase
Nga-Bandung-an Banda Indung, which is considered sacred in Sundanese culture...
[more] BISHKEK بیشکک (Settlement) Kyrgyz, Russian, English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Tajik, Ukrainian, UzbekMeaning uncertain. One theory suggests that it comes from a word meaning "whorl, whisk" in Kyrgyz, referring to a tool used to prepare kumis (a dairy product). It could also mean "five heights" from Kyrgyz беш
(besh) meaning "five" and бийик
(biyik) meaning "tall, high" or "five chiefs" from беш
(besh) meaning "five" and the Turkish title
beg meaning "chieftain, master"...
[more] BUTAN بوتان (Country) Abkhaz, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Dhivehi, Faroese, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Lezgin, Macedonian, Maltese, Mongolian, Ossetian, Persian, Russian, Slovene, Tatar, Turkmen, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Uyghur, YakutForm of
BHUTAN.
CHERAGH چراغ (Settlement) PersianThis is the name of a village in Lorestan Province in western Iran. This is also used as a place name element (first or last) in other villages across Iran....
[more] JAKARTA جاکارتا (Settlement) Indonesian, Acehnese, Balinese, Javanese, Malay, Minangkabau, Sundanese, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hindi, Marathi, Mongolian, Persian, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Turkmen, Urdu, UzbekFrom Sanskrit जयकर्त
(jayakarta) meaning "that which causes victory", from जय
(jayá) "victory, triumph" and कृत
(kṛtá) "done, made, accomplished". This is the name of the capital city of
Indonesia.
JOHOR جوهور (Political Subdivision) Malay, English, Indonesian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, SwedishFrom Arabic جَوْهَر
(jawhar) meaning "jewel, precious stone", ultimately from Persian جوهر
(jowhar). This is the name of a state in southern Malaysia.
MADRID مادرید (Political Subdivision & Settlement) Spanish, Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Chuvash, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Ingush, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Mongolian, Norwegian, Ossetian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tajik, Tagalog, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek, YakutFrom the older name
Magerit which is of uncertain meaning and origin. It may be derived from Arabic اَلْمَجْرِيط
(al-majrīṭ) meaning "source of water", from Latin
matrix meaning "mother, source, origin (of rivers)", or from Celtic
mageto ritu meaning "great bridge"...
[more] MALI مالی (Country) Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, UzbekFrom the name of the Mali Empire, which was derived from Mandinka or Bambara
mali meaning "hippopotamus" or "the place where the king lives". This is the name of a landlocked country in West Africa.
OSETIYA اوستیا (Region) Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, KoreanBulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Persian, Azerbaijani, and Korean form of
OSSETIA.
TAYLAND تایلند (Country) Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Buryat, Circassian, Crimean Tatar, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Persian, Turkish, UyghurForm of
THAILAND.
YAMAN یمن (Country) Arabic, Chechen, Dhivehi, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Persian, Tajik, Tatar, Urdu, UzbekForm of
YEMEN. In Arabic, it is usually written with the definite article as اليمن
(al-Yaman).