The wildlife of Iran first been partly described by Hamdallah Mustawfi in the 14th century who only referred to animals.

Iranian animal names. The Persian demon of death whom no human escapes. Ulmus minor Boissieri Persian Ironwood. Animal names are considered as metaphorical vehicles here and most of the data are collected from the written English and Persian dictionaries of proverbs or idioms.

Together with Aesma Daeva he chases and tries to catch the souls of the deceased with a noose when they rise to heaven. This is but a small fraction of the animals that live in Iran. A Persian god of prosperity and wealth.

Jag North Indian Rosewood Dalbergia sissoo. An animal expression is defined in this study as any Persian or English expression that encodes at least one animal name. These animals include horses cattle sheep goats donkeys camels and even.

There are about 110 milion speakers across the world. This was the name of a Zoroastrian god one of the Amesha Spenta associated with domestic animals. It is also the name of the eleventh month in the Iranian calendar.

It is likely that you will come across a variety of options for a potential name as you explore the country. You can also listen to the whole audio by pressing the play button on the audio player below. Persian is a language spoken primarily in Iran Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Panthera Other Name s. It eventually became the second language after Arabic to be widely used in Muslim works. See also about Iranian names.