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, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Միհր”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “Միհր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “Միհր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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