Mitra

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See also: mitra, mitrā, and mitrą

English

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Etymology 1

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Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of Mithra and Mithras.

Proper noun

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Mitra

  1. A divinity of Vedic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
    • 1989, Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam, “Bhairava's Royal Brahmanicide,”, in Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees, page 200:
      [In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position
  2. (uncommon) A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
    • 1963, Jørgen Læssøe, People of Ancient Assyria: Their Inscriptions and Correspondence, Routledge,, page 86:
      when about 1350 B.C. a treaty was concluded between the king of Mittanni [...] and the Hittite ruler [...], the former calls upon the gods Mitra, Indra, Varuna, and the Nâsatya as guarantors of his sworn obligations.
  3. (rare) Misspelling of Iranian Mithra (Miθra).
    • 1923, John Nicol Farquhar, The Religious Quest of India, OUP, page 120:
      As the Avestan Mitra had a luminous character, so had the Vedic Mitra.
    • 2001, Manfred Clauss, The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries, page 7:
      We cannot account for Roman Mithras in terms borrowed from Persian Mitra.

Etymology 2

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Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitrô).

Proper noun

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Mitra

  1. A surname from Sanskrit.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, headband, turban).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːtʀə/
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Noun

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Mitra f (genitive Mitra, plural Mitren)

  1. mitre (headgear worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries)
  2. (heraldry) mitre

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Mitra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Mitra” in Duden online

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.tra/
  • Rhymes: -itra
  • Hyphenation: Mì‧tra

Proper noun

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Mitra m

  1. Mithras
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Anagrams

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