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3. IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTION
In the absence of surnames, an identifying attribution would be added to the name at the end. This would usually be a reference to one of the following:
- the person’s place of birth
- the person’s occupation
- or to some other aspect of the person’s life
In Farsí, this attribution is usually done by adding -i- which denotes “of” or ”from”.
For example, “Muhammad from Núr” is written as Muhammad-i-Núrí .
(Note: Adding the -í- after the location’s name is part of the genitive inflection, for example a person from Shíráz is referred to as a Shírází , a person from Qazvín is referred to as a Qazvíní and so forth).
Other attributions such as occupation are sometimes used. For example, “Muhammad the teacher” is written as Muhammad-i-Mu’allim [mu’allim means teacher].
Note: In Arabic ibn or bin (both mean “son of”) are often used, for example ‘Alí-ibn-Abí Talib means “ ‘Alí son of Abí Talib “.
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