Afrasiab
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In Iranian legend, Afrasiab ( afrāsiyāb; , ), also known as Fraŋrasyan, is the king and hero of Turan in Iranian national history. He is the main antagonist of the Iranians in the Persian epic Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi.
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- Character.name
- Afrasiyab
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- Afrasiyab (The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp).png
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- Painting of Afrasiab in the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
- Character.nationality
- Turanian
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- Name and origin
- In the Avesta
- In later sources
- In the Shahnameh
- Hypotheses
- See also
- References
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In Iranian legend, Afrasiab ( afrāsiyāb; , ), also known as Fraŋrasyan, is the king and hero of Turan in Iranian national history. He is the main antagonist of the Iranians in the Persian epic Shahnameh, written by Ferdowsi.
==Name and origin== The oldest attested form of the name is the Avestan , which Émile Benveniste derived from * 'to make disappear, to fell, to destroy'. This etymology is connected with a myth in which Afrasiab holds back rain. The Persian form of the name is derived from a version of the name which ends in 'water' (*Frahrasyāpa- > *Frārasyāp > Frāsīāb).