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== Surnames == | == Surnames == | ||
Persian last names may be:<br> | Persian last names may be:<br> | ||
{{Block indent|*'''Simple nouns'''; e.g. Afshar ("Of Afsharid dynasty"), Bahar, Khayyam}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Noun plus a suffix'''; e.g. Golzaar (Gol + -zaar), Amouzgaar (Amouz + -gaar), Daadgar (Daad + -gar)}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''More complex compound nouns'''; e.g. Bolurforushan (Bolur + forush + -an), Ahmedinejad (Ahmed + -i + -nejad), Farshchian (Farsh + -chi + -an)}} | |||
{{Block indent|*'''Two or more nouns'''; e.g. Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini, Hashemi Rafsanjani}} | |||
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'''Suffixes include''': -an (plural suffix), -i ("of"), -zad/-zadeh ("born of"), -pur ("son of"), -nejad ("from the race of"), -nia ("descendant of"), -mand ("having or pertaining to"), -vand ("succeeding"), -far ("holder of"), -doost ("-phile"), -khah ("seeking of"), -manesh ("having the manner of"), -ian/-yan, -gar and -chi ("whose vocation pertains"). | '''Suffixes include''': -an (plural suffix), -i ("of"), -zad/-zadeh ("born of"), -pur ("son of"), -nejad ("from the race of"), -nia ("descendant of"), -mand ("having or pertaining to"), -vand ("succeeding"), -far ("holder of"), -doost ("-phile"), -khah ("seeking of"), -manesh ("having the manner of"), -ian/-yan, -gar and -chi ("whose vocation pertains"). | ||
{{Block indent|*An example is '''names of geographical locations plus "-i": Irani''' ("Iranian"), Gilani ("of Gilan province"), Tabrizi ("of the city of Tabriz").}} | |||
{{Block indent|*Another example is last '''names that indicate relation to religious groups such as Zoroastrian''' (e.g. Goshtaspi, Namiranian, Azargoshasp), Jewish (e.g. Yaghubian [Jacobean], Hayyem [Life], Shaul [Saul]) or Muslim (e.g. Alavi, Islamnia, Montazeri)}} | |||
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