Babak (given name)

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Babak
PronunciationPersian pronunciation: [bɒːˈbæk]
GenderMale
Language(s)Persian

Babak (Persian: بابک) is a common Persian given name for males. It derives from the Middle Persian[1] name Pāpak[2][3][4] which means "beloved father".[5]

People with this name[]

  • Babak (c. 222), Persian prince and father (or stepfather) of Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire
  • Babak (Sasanian general)
  • Babak Khorramdin (795 or 798–838), Khurramite leader who fought against the Abbasid Caliphate
  • Babak Amir-Tahmasseb (born 1976), French-Iranian kayaker
  • Babak Hassibi, Iranian-American electrical engineer
  • Babak Jahanbakhsh (born 1983), Iranian pop singer
  • Babak Payami (born 1966), Iranian film director
  • Babak Rafati (born 1970), Iranian-German football referee
  • Babak Dehghanpisheh, American journalist
  • Bobak Ferdowsi (born 1979), American engineer at
  • NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Babak,2620

See also[]

  • Babak (disambiguation)

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Bāpak". Encyclopedia Iranica.
  2. ^ Huart, Cl. "Bābek". Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936). E.J. Brill. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ Sourdel, D. "Bābak". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. E.J. Brill. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  4. ^ "BĀBAK",Encyclopedia of Islam, second edition
  5. ^ Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda. "babak (in persian)". Dehkhoda Dictionary. tehran university press. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

References[]

  • SOURDEL, D (1986). "BĀBAK". Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. vol.1 (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 844. ISBN 90-04-08114-3. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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