Meaning of مهر | Babel Free
ˈmahrDefinitions
- Mahr, dowry, bride-price or gift; a pre-negotiated gift of monetary or symbolic value which is promised to a bride by a groom upon marriage.
- kindness, mercy
- Mehr (the seventh solar month of the Persian calendar)
- seal
- contracting
- love, affection, sympathy, friendship
- Name of the sixteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.
- impression
- contract
- prosperity
- the Sun
- stamp
- covenant
- Mithra, a Zoroastrian deity.
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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. Shia
Equivalents
Examples
“سر زد از افق مهر خاوران”
Upwards on the horizon rises the eastern sun
“سوگند به لبخند تو / دل من بند تو / ای مهر و ماه / تو جان بخواه”
I swear by your smile / That my heart is your slave / Oh my sun and moon / You can ask my life of me
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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