Save Gender Masculine Usage Old Persian Scripts 饜幉饜幖饜幃饜帯饜幑, 亘乇丿蹖丕 Pronounced Pron. BAHR-DEE-yah [key] Meaning & History Derived from proto-Iranian *br胎j谩ns meaning "high, tall". This was the name of a son of Cyrus the Great, also known as Smerdis and Tanyoxarces.