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== Etymology ==
The name of Yazdegerd is a combination of the [[Iranian languages#Old Iranian|Old Iranian]] ''yazad yazata''- "divine being" and ''-karta'' "made", and thus stands for "God-made", comparable to Iranian ''Bagkart'' and [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Theoktistos''.{{sfn|Shahbazi|2003}} The name of Yazdegerd is known in other languages as; [[Middle Persian|Pahlavi]] ''Yazdekert''; [[New Persian]] ''Yazd(e)gerd''; [[Syriac language|Syriac]] ''Yazdegerd'', ''Izdegerd'', and ''Yazdeger''; [[Armenian language|Armenian]] ''Yazkert''; [[Talmudic]] ''Izdeger'' and ''Azger''; [[Arabic]] ''Yazdeijerd''; Greek ''Isdigerdes''.{{sfn|Shahbazi|2003}}