Name of Iran their country "Arya", "Iran", "Iranshahr", "Iranzamin" (Land of Iran), "Aryānām" (the equivalent of "Iran" in the proto-Iranian language) or its equivalents. The term "Arya" has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it "Iran", meaning "the land of Aryans" and "Iranshahr". In Middle Persian sources, the name "Arya" and "Iran" is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for
Etymology of Assam feature that is also seen in Sanskrit ("sur"/"asur"); therefore, "Asham" could mean the same as "Sham", and the name could be derived as "Sham" () > "Āshām" () > "Āsam" () > "Asam" (). Amalendu Guha, too derives it from "Sham"; but instead of using an Indo-Aryan rule, derives it from the Bodo form, "Ha-Sham", meaning the land of the "Sham" people. Masica too believes that "Assam" derives from an earlier attested form of "asam", "acam" which in turn is from a Burmese corruption of the name "Shan/Shyam". derives the name from a Tai root, "cham" (defeated), with an Indic