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Sassanid silver plate of a Simurgh (Sēnmurw), 7-8th c. CE. The name derives from Avestan mərəγō Saēnō "the bird Saēna". Saēna is also attested as a personal name. The first element has been connected in folk etymology to Modern Persian si "thirty", but it is not historically related. In English, Simurgh can be translated to mean Phoenix.
Sassanid silver plate of a Simurgh (Sēnmurw), 7-8th c. CE. The name derives from Avestan mərəγō Saēnō "the bird Saēna". Saēna is also attested as a personal name. The first element has been connected in folk etymology to Modern Persian si "thirty", but it is not historically related. In English, Simurgh can be translated to mean Phoenix.