Allahverdi
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Allahverdi is a male given name and a surname literally meaning "given by Allah". It is semantically equivalent to the Christian names Theodotus (Greek: Θεόδοτος) and Bogdan.[1] People with this name include:
Given name
- Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian (1929–2016), Qajar prince
- Allahverdi Afshar, Iranian painter, active from 1815 until after 1825
- Allahverdi Baghirov (1946–1992), Azerbaijani officer, former leader of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party, head coach of FK Qarabağ and National Hero of Azerbaijan
- Allahverdi Dehghani (born 1968), Iranian politician
- Allahverdi Khan (Armenian) (died 1662), Safavid military officer of Armenian origin
- Allahverdi Khan (c. 1560–1613), Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin
Surname
- Javad Allahverdi, Iranian football player
See also
References
- ↑ Nikonov, Vladimir [in Russian] (1973). Опыт словаря русских фамилий. Этимология. II. Moscow: Nauka. Алавердов (Alaverdov) — 1) отчество с русск. суф. -ов от мусульманск. м. л. и. Аллахверди — тюрк, форма из араб. 'Аллах дал', семантически тождественно с греч. Феодот, др.-русск. Богдан; 2) русск. адаптация иноязычной ф., напр., арм. Алавердян (Alaverdyan), из той же основы. Другие формы ф. — Алабердеев, Аллавердов, Аллахвердиев, Аллахвердов (Alaberdeyev, Allaverdov, Allahverdiyev, Allahverdov).