Date
Name Asfand
Gender Masculine
Usage Persian
Scripts اسفند(Persian)
Other Forms FormsEsfand (variant)
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Meaning & History
Contracted form of Middle Persian اسفندارمذ (spandarmad) meaning “holy thought” that was originally the name of the fourth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Esfand is the twelfth month of the solar Persian calendar as well as a name for the wild rue, used in fumigation against evil eye.