𐎷𐎰𐎼

Old Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐎷𐎫𐎼 (mi-t-r /⁠Mitraʰ⁠/)
• 𐎷𐏂 (mi-ç /⁠Miçaʰ⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (Miθra) or Old Median *Miθrah. Doublet of 𐎷𐎫𐎼 (mi-t-r /⁠Mitraʰ⁠/) and 𐎷𐏂 (mi-ç /⁠Miçaʰ⁠/).

Proper noun

𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mi-θ-r /Miθraʰ/)

1. (Iranian mythology, religion, Zoroastrianism) Mithra, a Zoroastrian deity

Derived terms

• *Miθrabaujanah
• *Miθrabr̥zans
• *Miθrafarnāh
• *Miθrapātah
• *Miθraupastah
• *Miθravahištah
• *Miθrayah
• *Raivamiθrah

Descendants

• Middle Persian: mtr', 𐫖𐫏𐫍𐫡 (myhr /⁠mihr⁠/)
  • Persian: مهر (mehr)
    • → Armenian: Մհեր (Mher)
    • → Chagatai: مهر (mhr /⁠mihr⁠/)
      • Uyghur: مېھىر (mëhir)
      • Uzbek: mehr
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: मेहर (mehar), मिहर (mihar)

      Urdu: مِہْر (mihr)

    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਮਿਹਰ (mihar)

      Shahmukhi script: مِہْر (mihr)

  • Northern Luri: مێر (mır)
• → Akkadian:

  → Late Babylonian: 𒈪𒀉𒊑 (mi-it-ri /⁠Mitri⁠/)