Orodes
Sign in to saveOrodes is the Latinized form of a male given name of Middle Iranian origin popularized by Parthians. In Greek it is recorded as Orōdēs (), Hērōdēs (), Hurōdēs (, in Latin: ), and once as Ouorōdēs (). It is recorded in Shapur I's trilingual inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht as Greek (§67) Ouorōd (), Middle Persian (§35) wyrwd ( Wērōy, Wīroy, Wirōy) and Parthian (§28) wrwd ( Wērōd, Urūd). The older form is probably Wērōd, supposedly developed into a regional Werōd, and later Worōd. The Middle Persian is also recorded with the spelling and . It is recorded in New Persian as Wērō (, "Viru"), na
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- Given name.gender
- male
- Given name.meaning
- Uncertain
- Given name.region
- Greater Iran
- Given name.languageorigin
- Middle Iranian
- Given name.derived
- Uncertain
- Given name.derivative
- Herod
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Orodes is the Latinized form of a male given name of Middle Iranian origin popularized by Parthians. In Greek it is recorded as Orōdēs (), Hērōdēs (), Hurōdēs (, in Latin: ), and once as Ouorōdēs (). It is recorded in Shapur I's trilingual inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht as Greek (§67) Ouorōd (), Middle Persian (§35) wyrwd ( Wērōy, Wīroy, Wirōy) and Parthian (§28) wrwd ( Wērōd, Urūd). The older form is probably Wērōd, supposedly developed into a regional Werōd, and later Worōd. The Middle Persian is also recorded with the spelling and . It is recorded in New Persian as Wērō (, "Viru"), name of a character in Vis o Ramin, a romance of Parthian origin.
The name is recorded as wrwd in Syriac and Aramaic texts from Egypt (spelled wrd instead), Elymais, Palmyra, Hatra, Dura-Europos, and possibly Assur. The Parthian name is also attested in Late Babylonian (mú-ru-da-a).
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