Mehr

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Usage：Persian, Persian Mythology

Meaning & History：

Modern Persian form of MITHRA.

Derived from an Indo-Iranian root *mitra meaning "oath, alliance, friend". In Persian mythology he was a god of light and friendship, the son of the supreme god Ahura Mazda. Worship of him eventually spread outside of Persia, where it was known as Mithraism.

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EQUIVALENTS

PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY: Mehr, Mithra, Mithras

PERSIAN: Mehr

FEMININE FORMS

PERSIAN: Mitra

OTHER FORMS

ANCIENT PERSIAN: Mithradatha, Mithridates

GEORGIAN: Merab

LITERATURE: Mehrab

PERSIAN: Mehrab, Mehrdad