Simin (name)
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Simin is a Persian
given name meaning silvery. It is derived from the Middle Persian word asêmên.
Persian literature
Persian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...
given name meaning silvery. It is derived from the Middle Persian word asêmên.
People with
- Simin BehbahaniSimin BehbahaniSimin Beh'bahāni is one of the most prominent figures of the modern Persian literature and one of the most outstanding amongst the contemporary Persian poets. She is Iran's national poet and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran...
, Iranian poet - Simin DaneshvarSimin DaneshvarSimin Dāneshvar is an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator of literary works from English, German, Italian and Russian into Persian. Daneshvar has a number of firsts to her credit. In 1948, her collection of Persian short stories was the first by an Iranian woman to be...
, Iranian writer - Simin DavoudiSimin DavoudiSimin Davoudi is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning at Newcastle University. She is Past President of the Association of European Schools of Planning and, as coordinator of the Planning Research Network, advised the Department of Communities and Local Government on its research...
, Iranian academic - Simin Ghanem, Iranian pop singer