Derivation of the ancient Persian Names

[akritas]

As you know the FYROM propaganda claim that the ancient Greeks authors i nterpreted in a Greek way (finding Greek ethymology) the personal names of non-Greeks. The reason is obvious because all the ancient Macedonian names have Hellenic etymological meaning.
This theory called called "Interpretatione Graeca o Romana".

Let's see some examples
Cyros (Cyros in Greek = wealthy man ). Cyros was not the real (Persian) name of the Persian king.
Megabasos (Mega in Greek = big)
Dareios (Areios in Greek = warrior)
Xerxes (Erxies in Greek = worker)
Habrocomes (Habro in Greek = soft)
Harmamitres (Harma in Greek = chariot)
Harpagus (Harpa in Greek = plunder)

The examples given from the Slav Yannis, that as you see use a Greek usename.(This is another common propaganda from the FYROMians)
Of course world wide you will see a lot of etymological explainations.

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The real derivation of the name are:

DAREIUS
derived from the Persian name Dârayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good".

XERXES
derived from of the Persian name Khshayarsha which meant "ruler over heroes".

KYROS
derived from the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun". The name is sometimes associated with Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"

HARPAGUS
derived from the Persian name Akkadian Arbaku.



source:
http://www.behindthename.com/

[nsminc]

Good work Akritas.I knew of the real names of Darius and Xerxes.

Idiot skops.

[akritas]

1. Cyrus (Kuroush):
this is the same word as Soroush in Persian or angle Gabriel in Christianity which means “the bearer of great news from God”. The name highly describes the character and persona of the founder of Iran who proclaimed the first charter of human rights and is considered the father of human rights by most historians. He was a man who declared freedom for the slaves and welcomed the practice of every religion, culture and language. I firmly believe that the winged figure in Pasargad showing an angle is in reference to this remarkable man’s achievement which brought about light into the darkness of the ancient world.
Let us not forget that above the arches that cover the statue of Khusrow II Parviz on horseback and in full armor as well as those of Anahit and Mithra at Taq-e-Bostan in Kermanshah, there are two angles which artistically are very much associated with the western form of angle Gabriel. Could this be the interpretation of Cyrus overlooking and protecting Khusrow Parviz who at the time had extended the limits of his empire to that of Cyrus and Darius? I do believe that Sasanian art was highly conscious of the revival of the ancestral glories. Unfortunately as we have lost majority of the Sasanian era’s records thanks to our Arab conquerors, as well as those who came after them, we can only speculate as to what the real truth was behind this remarkable composition.



2-Darius:
This name is pronounced Dariyush In modern and Darayavahoush in ancient Persian. In modern Persian the name can be easily translated to Dara-ye-Hoosh which means person who is smart and highly clever. Smartness and cleverness in English relates directly to being charismatic. Therefore the name given to the first super administrator in history of mankind describes very well his brilliant personality and talent.


3-Khashayarshah:
He was the son of Darius I Great and the third most famous king of his dynasty after Cyrus (Kuroush) and Darius. The name in Modern Persian can be translated to Khash-an-yar-e Shah which can easily be translated to two meanings, one being:” All should be envious of a man who is the great friend and aid to the king”. The second means “most revered aid to the king” (Naturally that is the crown prince which he was)

4-Ardashir:
This name continues to exist both in the Parthian as well as Sasanian periods. There are two distinct meaning behind the name but both lead us to a single meaning. The first meaning suggests that Ardashir is a short version for Abar-Tawan-Shir that means "the all mighty powerful lion." It is in fact the same as the Lion-King in our current literature or theatrical work. The second meaning is that Ardashir is the abbreviated form of Artash-Tir (which is closest to the Pahlavi spelling and pronunciation of Sasanian kings such as Ardashir I or Babakan as well as Ardashir II successor to Shapur III and Ardashir III, the 11 years old monarch who came to power after Kavad II. Artash (Army) and Tir (Arrow or Spearhead) means "the commander of the army" or "the advance guard of the army" who spearheads the effort of the his men.

Meanings behind the Persian names (http://www.savepasargad.com/Articles/meanings_behind_the_persian_name.htm)