Babak

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Gender Masculine
Usage Persian
Scripts بابک(Persian)
Pronounced Pron. /bɒː.ˈbæk/

Meaning & History

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 (Papak) meaning "little father". This was the name of the father of Ardashir, the founder of the Sasanian Empire in Persia. It was also borne by the 9th-century resistance leader Babak Khorramdin.