Mehrdad
Mehrdad | |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Persian |
Meaning | Gift of Mehr |
Region of origin | Iran (Persia) |
Other names | |
Related names | Mihrdat, Mitradat, Mert, Mithad |
Mehrdâd (Persian: مهرداد;
Mehrdad is also a historical Persian name that derives from Middle Persian Mithridates, a theophoric name meaning "Given by Mehr." 'Mehr' in turn derives from Avestan Mithra, the Zoroastrian divinity and hypostasis of covenant. In present-day Iran, the name Mehrdad is also retroactively applied to several historic figures that appear in western literature as Mithridates, a hellenized or philhellenic form of the Old Iranian name.
References
- Schmitt, Rüdiger (1970), "Die theophoren Eigennamen mit altiranisch *Miθra-", Acta Iranica, 17: 395–455
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