فهرست مطالب آیدا فیرزیان پوراصفهانی

Names have always been very important to humans and the naming of places, towns, cities, countries and people has social and cultural basis. Naturally people are looking to find the origins of place names. A toponymist is one who studies toponymy. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "toponymy" first appeared in English in 1876; since then, toponym has come to replace "place-name" in professional discourse among toponymists. The names of many places cannot easily be interpreted or understood; they do not convey any apparent meaning in the modern language of the area. This is due to a general set of processes through which place names evolve over time, until their obvious meaning is lost. Although the origin of many place names is now forgotten, it is often possible to establish likely meanings through consideration of early forms of the name. Some general conclusions about the nature of place names, and the way in which place names change, can be made and are examined in this article. So, this article focuses on the origins of some place names of the Holy Shrine.