Editing Persepolis (section)

==Etymology==
''Persepolis'' is derived from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{langx|grc|Περσέπολις|Persepolis|label=none}}, a compound of {{transliteration|grc|Pérsēs}} ({{lang|grc|Πέρσης}}) and {{transliteration|grc|pólis}} ({{lang|grc|πόλις}}, together meaning "the Persian city" or "the city of the Persians"). To the ancient Persians, the city was known as {{transliteration|peo|Pārsa}} ({{langx|peo|[[wikt:𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿|𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿]]}}), which is also the word for the region of [[Persis|Persia]].<ref>Bailey, H.W. (1996) "Khotanese Saka Literature", in Ehsan Yarshater (ed), ''The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol III: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods'', Part 2 (reprint edition), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1230.</ref><ref name=wood>{{cite book |title=Seven Wonders of the Ancient Middle East |author=Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods |publisher=Twenty-First Century Books |year=2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sevenwondersofan0000wood_e8u9/page/26 26]–28 |url=https://archive.org/details/sevenwondersofan0000wood_e8u9 |url-access=registration |quote=Persepolis means. |isbn=978-0822575733}}</ref>
[[File:Persepolis east side at spring.jpg|thumb|left|As is typical of Achaemenid cities, Persepolis was built on a (partially) artificial platform.]]

An inscription left in 311 AD by [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] Prince [[Shapur Sakanshah]], the son of [[Hormizd II]], refers to the site as {{transliteration|pal|Sad-stūn}}, meaning "Hundred Pillars".<ref name="Shahbaz">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/capital-cities |first1=A. Shapur |title=Capital Cities– Encyclopaedia Iranica |last1=Shahbazi |first2=C. Edmund |last2=Bosworth |date=1990 |volume=IV |pages=768–774 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |access-date=5 August 2018 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410060733/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/capital-cities |url-status=live }}</ref> Because medieval Persians attributed the site to [[Jamshid]],<ref name="Holland2012">{{cite book |author=Holland, Tom |title=In the Shadow of the Sword |year=2012 |publisher=Little, Brown |isbn=978-1408700075 |pages=118–122}}</ref> a king from [[Persian mythology|Iranian mythology]], it has been referred to as {{transliteration|fa|Takht-e-Jamshid}} ({{langx|fa|[[wikt:تخت جمشید|تخت جمشید]]}}, {{transliteration|fa|Taxt e Jamšīd}}; {{IPA|fa|ˌtæxtedʒæmˈʃiːd|}}), literally meaning "Throne of Jamshid". Another name given to the site in the medieval period was {{transliteration|fa|Čehel Menâr}} ({{langx|fa|چهل منار}}, "Forty [[Minaret]]s"),<ref name="Shahbaz"/> transcribed as {{lang|es|Chilminara}} in [[Garcia de Silva Figueroa|De Silva Figueroa]]<ref name=gdsf/> and as '''Chilminar''' in early English sources.<ref>{{citation |editor-last=Smellie |editor-first=William |editor-link=William Smellie (encyclopedist) |display-editors=0 |title=[[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]] |edition=1st |volume=II |contribution=[[:s:Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Chilminar|Chilminar]] |date=1771 |location=Edinburgh |publisher=[[Colin Macfarquhar]] |pages=183–184}}.</ref>