مہر
See also: مهر
Urdu
Etymology 3
From Arabic verbal noun مَهْر (mahr), from verb مَهَرَ (mahara, “to contract, to give a dowry”).
Noun
مَہر • (mahr) m (Hindi spelling महर)
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (mihr), from Middle Persian mtr' (Mihr), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra- (“covenant, treaty, agreement, promise”) Compare Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /meː.ɦəɾ/, /mɪ.ɦəɾ/, [mɛ.ɦɛɾ]
- Rhymes: -əɾ, -ɛɾ
Noun
مِہر • (mehar or mihar) f (Hindi spelling मेहर or मिहर)
Related terms
- مہربان (meharbān)
- مہربانی (meharbānī)
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (muhr), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwdl), 𐫖𐫇𐫍𐫡 (mwhr /muhr/, “seal”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /moː.ɦəɾ/, /mʊ.ɦəɾ/, [mɔ.ɦɔɾ]
- Rhymes: -əɾ, -ɔɾ
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