Միհր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Միհր (Mihr). Doublet of Մհեր (Mher).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Միհր (Mihr)

  1. (Armenian mythology) Mihr

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Short name based on composites with the theonym Parthian 𐭌𐭕‎𐭓𐭉‎ (mt‎ry‎ /Mihr/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás.

Proper noun

Միհր (Mihr)

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Attested once as a given name of an Armenian bishop in seventh century Artsakh.

Descendants

  • Armenian: Միհր (Mihr) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), Միհր”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), Միհր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2021) Iranian personal names in Armenian collateral tradition (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band V, Faszikel 3), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 475, page 255
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), Միհր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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