Jamshid: Meaning and Definition of

Jam•shid

Pronunciation: ( jam-shēd'), [key]
— n. Persian Myth.
  1. the king of the peris who, given a human form as punishment for his boast of immortality, became a powerful and wonder-working Persian king.
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