Khusrav

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Persian given name given name masculine given name

Khusrav is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically borne by princes and notable figures in Central and South Asia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Homayoun	1
Khusrav canonical	1
Yazdgird	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3481388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khusrav
Context triple: [Khusrav Mirza, givenName, Khusrav]

A. Khosrowshahi
Khosrowshahi is a Persian surname most prominently associated with Dara Khosrowshahi, the Iranian-American business executive and CEO of Uber.
B. Eskandar
Eskandar is a Persian and Arabic form of the name Alexander, commonly used in historical and literary contexts to refer to Alexander the Great.
C. Kay Khosrow
Kay Khosrow is a legendary, just, and spiritually enlightened king of Iran in Ferdowsi’s epic Shahnameh, renowned for avenging his father and then renouncing his throne to vanish mysteriously.
D. Fereydun
Fereydun is a legendary hero and king in Persian mythology, best known from the Shahnameh for overthrowing the tyrant Zahhak and ushering in a just reign.
E. Dinarzad
Dinarzad is a character in The Arabian Nights, known as Shahrazad’s younger sister who prompts her to tell stories each night to the king.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khusrav
Target entity description: Khusrav is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically borne by princes and notable figures in Central and South Asia.

A. Khosrowshahi
Khosrowshahi is a Persian surname most prominently associated with Dara Khosrowshahi, the Iranian-American business executive and CEO of Uber.
B. Eskandar
Eskandar is a Persian and Arabic form of the name Alexander, commonly used in historical and literary contexts to refer to Alexander the Great.
C. Kay Khosrow
Kay Khosrow is a legendary, just, and spiritually enlightened king of Iran in Ferdowsi’s epic Shahnameh, renowned for avenging his father and then renouncing his throne to vanish mysteriously.
D. Fereydun
Fereydun is a legendary hero and king in Persian mythology, best known from the Shahnameh for overthrowing the tyrant Zahhak and ushering in a just reign.
E. Dinarzad
Dinarzad is a character in The Arabian Nights, known as Shahrazad’s younger sister who prompts her to tell stories each night to the king.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian given name ⓘ given name ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Central Asian culture ⓘ Iranian culture ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ South Asian Muslim culture ⓘ
category	Masculine given names ⓘ Persian masculine given names ⓘ
etymologicalOrigin	Middle Persian ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ
gender	masculine ⓘ
hasFamousBearer	Amir Khusrau ⓘ Khosrow I ⓘ Khosrow II ⓘ
hasHistoricalUsage	early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
hasTransliteration	Khosrau ⓘ linked to: Khusrau Khosrow ⓘ linked to: Khusrau Khusrau ⓘ Khusraw ⓘ linked to: Khusrau
hasVariant	Khosrau ⓘ linked to: Khusrau Khosro ⓘ linked to: Khusrau Khosrow ⓘ linked to: Khosrow I Khosru ⓘ linked to: Khusrau Khusrau ⓘ Khusraw ⓘ linked to: Khusrau
historicallyBorneBy	nobles ⓘ poets ⓘ princes ⓘ rulers ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Persian ⓘ
nameType	personal name ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
semanticField	nobility ⓘ royalty ⓘ
usedInLanguage	Hindi ⓘ Pashto ⓘ linked to: Pashto language Persian ⓘ linked to: Persian language Tajik ⓘ Urdu ⓘ linked to: Urdu language
usedInRegion	Central Asia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Persia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khusrav Mirza → givenName → Khusrav ⓘ

Homayoun Ershadi → givenName → Homayoun ⓘ

linked to: Khusrav

Yazdegerd III → nameInMiddlePersian → Yazdgird ⓘ