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Where does “Ferhat” come from?
Ferhat (Turkish) comes from Persian فرهاد, from Parthian prht.
Ancestry of “Ferhat”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Persian
فرهاد
the unrequited lover of the princess Shirin in the medieval romance Khosrow and Shirin
2
Parthian
prht
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