رستم

Etymology
From, from and , i.e. “strong as a river”. Akin to 🇨🇬,, , from Middle Iranian.

Firdawsī’s great epic, the , gives the name a folk etymology from, because the hero was born by Caesarean section.

Proper noun

 * , the greatest hero of Iranian mythology

Noun

 * 1)  great hero

Noun

 * 1) knight, champion