Chobin

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
12/14/2019, 2:25 PM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage History

Scripts چوبین(Persian)

Meaning & History

From Persian چوبین (Chūbīn), Middle Persian 𐭰𐭥𐭡𐭩𐭭 (Choben) meaning "spear-like". Bahram Chobin was a 6th-century Sasanian general and, for a short period, the king. He received this nickname because he was tall and thin. He appears in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.