Mitra
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of Mithra and Mithras.
Proper noun
[edit]Mitra
- 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
- (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.
- (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
[edit]Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitrô).
Proper noun
[edit]Mitra
- A surname from Sanskrit.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Mitra f (genitive Mitra, plural Mitren)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Mitra [feminine]
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Mitra m
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