મિહર

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• મેહર (mehar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (mihr), from Middle Persian mtr' (Mihr), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (“covenant, treaty, agreement, promise”). Doublet of મિત્ર (mitra), મહર (mahar), and મિથ્ર (mithra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɦəɾ/

Noun

મિહર • (mihar) m

1. kindness
2. love

Proper noun

મિહર • (mihar) m (Zoroastrianism)

1. Mehr, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.
2. Name of the sixteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
3. (astronomy) the Sun
4. Mithra, a Zoroastrian deity.

   Synonym: મિથ્ર (mithra)

See also

• (Zoroastrian calendar months) ફરવર્દીન (pharvardīn), અર્દિબેહશ્ત (ardibehaśt), ખોરદાદ (khordād), તીર (tīr), અમરદાદ (amardād), શહેરેવર (śaherevar), મિહર (mihar), અવાન (avān), આજર (ājar), દે (de), બહમન (bahman), અસ્ફંદાર (asphandār) ^{(Category: gu:Persian months)}