Mehr

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Mehr or Mihr or Meher (Middle- and [[[Punjabi language | Persian language|New Persian]]]: م‍ﮩ‍ر), meaning sun, love, friendship, affection, kindness, blessing or mercy, may refer to:

  • Mers / Mair, Mihir, Mehr, Mehar is a Hindu warrior caste. This is a title largely used by the Arain of Punjab Pakistan.
  • The Persian language equivalent of Avestan Mithra, meaning "covenant" and the Zoroastrian divinity from whom kindness and mercy is requested and who is also associated with the sun and friendship.
  • The seventh month of the year and the sixteenth day of the month of the Zoroastrian calendar are dedicated to Mehr and named after him. This practice is also evident in the Iranian calendar, which derives its month names from the Zoroastrian ones.
  • The Zoroastrian/Iranian festival of Mehregan (Mehr's day) that is celebrated in honor of Mehr/Mithra.
  • The association with the sun survives in Islamic Iran as an epithet of the sun during the month of Ramadan.
  • Common form of appreciating god's blessing in the Punjabi community as in "rab di meher"

As a theophoric name, Mehr, Mihr or Meher may also refer to:

  • several historical figures:
  • Mehrdad ("given by Mehr"), Greek Mithridates, the throne name of several kings.
  • Mihr-Mihroe, Greek Mermeroes, a general.
  • Mihran, name of a Parthian clan and an Armenian king.
  • Veh Mihr Shahpur, an Armenian king.
  • a pen-name of the poet Anwari
  • a first name, for both males and females:
  • a surname or title:
  • names of places or localities:
  • Mehrabad, a suburb of Tehran.
  • the Iranian village Mihr, said to have once been the site of Adur Burzen-Mihr, one of the legendary Great Fires of Zoroastrianism.
  • Darb-e Mehr, Mithra's court, an alternate name for a Zoroastrian fire temple.

[edit] See also

  • Meher
  • Mahr, a gift given by the husband to the wife in Muslim marriages.