Post Reply: Iranians, I Need Your Help

Of course "Gerd" can mean "form [a circle] by putting parts together", so it can also mean "make".

In Persian this suffix is usually attached to a personal name, for this reason I think the first part of Sudabgerd is Sudabeh, a great legendary Queen of Iran.

Another similar suffiex are "-abad" (abode) and "-shahr" (shire), most of Iranian villages and cities have these suffixes.

1. Someone builds a house and makes a place suitable for residence, some other ones go there and a village is formed, this village is called "name of that person + -abad".

2. A ruler orders a village or city is built, this place is called "name of the ruler + -gerd".

3. A collection of these places can be changed to a city with the suffix "-shahr".