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  iranian.com: Guive Mirfendereski, The Saka nomenclature, A Persian appraisal
The term apparently originated with the arrival of Gorji immigrants from Gorjestan (presently the Republic of Georgia) to Lorestan, whose women were famed for their beauty.
To go from Gol-chehr to Gorjestan is not that difficult: l turned to r (as in the familiar and common phonetic ibdal in sols=sors, meaning “trimester” of an Iranian academic year).
While the word gorjeh in Lori is related to Gorji and Gorjestan, the English gorgeous may be related to another source altogether – let’s say, a dazzling woman in a low-cut dress exposing much neck.
www.iranian.com /GuiveMirfendereski/2005/September/Love   (1390 words)

  
 Persian language : Farsi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Persian (also known as Farsi or Parsi) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Gorjestan[?] (Georgia), part of India and part of Pakistan.
It is of the Subject Object Verb type.
It rained that night, so we did not go out, but spent.
www.termsdefined.net /fa/farsi.html   (539 words)

  
 Georgians in Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Painting is located at Berlin's Museum Für Islamische Kunst.
Georgia, or "Gorjestan" was a Persian province or client state during Sassanid times (particularly starting with Hormozd IV).
During the Safavid era, Georgia became so politically and somewhat culturally intertwined with Iran that Georgians almost replaced the Qezelbash among the Safavid officials.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgian_in_Iran   (404 words)

  
 Georgia - Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
The name of the country is in Persian Gorjestan, in Turkish Gürcistan, and in Russian and Hebrew Gruziya.
The Persian name is probably related to the wolf [gorg], the old cult of Caucasian peoples, hence Gorjestan - the land of wolves.
The Armenian words for Georgian and Georgia are Vir and Virq, and derive from "Iberia", with loss of the initial 'i'- and substitution of 'w' or 'v' for the 'b' of "Iberia".
worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-GeorgiaBagrati.htm   (368 words)

  
 Georgia (country) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name of the country is Gorjestan in Persian, Gürcistan in Turkish, and Грузия in Russian ("Gruziya").
The Persian name is probably also derived from Iberia, in the same way as the Armenian name mentioned above.
gul 'rose, flower', from ward, and gurg 'wolf', from warg.) According to others, the name may be related to the Persian word for wolf (gurg), object of an old cult by the Caucasian peoples, hence Gorjestan - land of wolves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georgia_(country)   (4505 words)

  
 Rokni-Qajar (Kadjar) Genealogy
We are most grateful for the above information on Reza Gholi Mirza and his descendants given to us by our cousin Dr. Mohammad Reza Fardoom, son of Princess Maryam, daughter of Reza Gholi Mirza Rokni Qajar (see above).
Alieh Khanom Gorji, the daughter of governor of Georgia, was from Gorjestan (Georgia) and the daughter of the Vali of Gorjestan.
She was the wife of the uncle of Nasser ed din Shah and she trained and educated all the females of the haram as they were rather illiterate.
www.qajarpages.org /rokni.html   (1384 words)

  
 Irankicks Football Talk - USA ensured Azerbaijan oil pipeline did not go through Iran (See this)
You might find it strange, not that the British were there to protect Iran, they were not, they were there for their own interest, but had it not been for British presence in Iran the Russians would have annexed more land from Iran in the late 19th and early 20th century than they did.
werent the countries annexed all of irans main northern ostans like gorjestan azaerbaijan turkmenistan tajikistan armanistan, are there any more...
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www.irankicks.com /ikboard/printthread.php?t=30906&pp=20   (977 words)

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