Editing Khosrow I (section)

== Name and titles ==
{{lang|fa-Latn|Khosrow}} is the [[New Persian]] variant of his name used by scholars; his original name was [[Middle Persian]], {{Lang|pal-Latn|Husraw}}, itself derived from [[Avestan]] {{Lang|ae-Latn|Haosrauuah}} ("he who has good fame").<ref>{{harvnb|Skjærvø|2000}}; {{harvnb|Nicholson|Canepa|Daryaee|2018}}</ref> The name is rendered in [[Greek language|Greek]] as {{Lang|grc-Latn|Chosroes}} ({{Lang|grc|Χοσρόης}}) and in [[Arabic]] as ''Kisra''.{{sfn|Nicholson|Canepa|Daryaee|2018}} Besides his personal name, he is widely known in sources by his epithet of {{Lang|fa-Latn|Anushirvan}} ("the Immortal Soul"), a New Persian rendering of Middle Persian {{Lang|pal-Latn|anūšag-ruwān}}.{{sfn|Daryaee|2014|p=xvii}} He received this title after his death to distinguish him from [[Khosrow II]].{{Sfn|Gariboldi|Rubin|Schindel|2020}} It referred to his religious reforms and promotion of the prosperity of the realm{{Sfn|Nicholson|Canepa|Daryaee|2018}} and probably also connected him with the mythical immortal king [[Kay Khosrow]] (both were remembered as pious kings and "restorers" of the faith).{{Sfn|Gariboldi|Rubin|Schindel|2020}} Other variants of the name are {{Lang|fa-Latn|Anoshirvan}},{{sfn|Nicholson|Canepa|Daryaee|2018}} ''Anushiravan''{{sfn|Kia|2016|p=83}} and {{Lang|fa-Latn|Nowshīrvān}}.{{sfn|Pourshariati|2008|p=256}} Khosrow was also known by the epithets {{Lang|fa-Latn|Dādgar}} ("Dispenser of Justice")<ref>{{harvnb|Dąbrowa|2012|p=197}}; {{harvnb|Nicholson|Canepa|Daryaee|2018}}</ref> and, in Islamic times, ''<nowiki/>'Adel'' ("the Just").{{Sfn|Gariboldi|Rubin|Schindel|2020}}