مهر

See also: مہر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arabicized borrowing from Persian, eventually from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, covenant, contract, oath).

Verb

مَهَرَ (mahara) I, non-past يَمْهُرُ or يَمْهَرُ‎ (yamhuru or yamharu)

  1. to settle a dowry for (one's wife, etc.)
Conjugation

Verb

مَهَرَ (mahara) I, non-past يَمْهَرُ‎ (yamharu)

  1. to stamp
  2. to imprint
  3. to contract
Conjugation

Noun

مَهْر (mahr) m (plural مُهُور (muhūr))

  1. verbal noun of مَهَرَ (mahara) (form I)
  2. stamping
  3. sealing
  4. contracting
  5. dowry, dower, marriage portion
  6. price
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: մահր (mahr)

Noun

مُهْر (muhr) m

  1. seal
  2. stamp
  3. signet
Declension
  • مُهْرَدَار (muhradār)

Etymology 2

Verb

مَهَرَ (mahara) I, non-past يَمْهُرُ or يَمْهَرُ‎ (yamhuru or yamharu)

  1. to be skilled
  2. to be proficient
Conjugation

Noun

مُهْر (muhr) m (plural أَمْهَار (ʾamhār) or مِهَارَة (mihāra), feminine مُهْرَة (muhra))

  1. foal
  2. colt
Declension

Persian



Etymology 1

Reborrowed from Arabic verbal noun مَهْر (mahr), from the verb مَهَرَ (mahara, to contract, to give a dowry), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra), a borrowing from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, covenant, contract, oath), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (covenant, treaty, agreement, promise). Compare Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).

Noun

مهر (mahr) (plural مهرها (mahr-hâ))

  1. (Islam) Mahr, a pre-negotiated gift of monetary (for example, gold coins) or symbolic value which is promised to a bride by a groom upon marriage. A woman may claim her mahr at any point during the marriage though in practice often it is claimed upon divorce or the death of the husband.
  2. contracting
  3. contract
  4. covenant
Synonyms
  • مهریه (mahriye)

Etymology 2

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), Ancient Greek μεσίτης (mesítēs).

Noun

Dari Persian مهر
Iranian Persian مهر
Tajiki Persian меҳр (mehr)

مهر (mehr)

  1. kindness
  2. love
  3. affection
  4. friendship
  5. mercy
  6. sympathy
  7. prosperity
Derived terms

Proper noun

Dari Persian مهر
Iranian Persian مهر
Tajiki Persian Меҳр (Mehr)

مهر (Mehr)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) Mithra, a Zoroastrian deity.
  2. the Sun
  3. Mehr, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.
  4. Name of the sixteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.

See also

Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mwdl), 𐫖𐫇𐫍𐫡 (mwhr /muhr/, seal) (compare Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫍𐫡 (mwhr /muhr/, seal), and Bactrian μολρο (molro)); possibly cognate with Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (mithra) and Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬋 (miθrō, covenant, contract, oath), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (covenant, treaty, agreement, promise). Compare Sanskrit Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, seal), मित्र (mitra, covenant).

Noun

مُهر
Dari Persian تاپه
Iranian Persian مهر
Tajiki Persian мӯҳр (mühr)

مهر (mohr) (plural مهرها (mohr-hâ))

  1. seal
  2. impression
  3. stamp
  4. (Islam) A prayer-stone, sometimes made from clay from Karbala or Mashhad, which is placed on the ground in front of the worshipper and onto which the forehead is touched during prayer; also known as a turba.
Derived terms
  • مهر زدن (mohr zadan)
  • مهر کردن (mohr kardan)
  • مهر و موم (mohr-o-mum)

See also

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