Mehr

See also: mehr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (mehr).

Proper noun

Mehr

The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 10:
  Under the full moon of the month of Mehr, with the torches hissing, the African and the Frank circled an ambit of packed earth.

Anagrams

Herm, Rehm, Rhem, herm

German

Etymology

Substantive form of German mehr (“more”).

Noun

Mehr n (genitive Mehrs, no plural)

increase, excess
- ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ...
  an excess of work, taxes, costs, ...

Synonyms

Zuwachs

Further reading

Mehr in Duden online

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