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Gender Feminine
Usage Persian Mythology
Scripts مهرنقش(Persian)
Other Forms FormsMehrnağš (Iranian), Mihrnaqš (Classical), Mehrnaqš (Dari, Tajik), Mehrnaghsh, Mehrnaqsh, Mihrnaghsh, Mihrnaqsh
Meaning & History
From Persian مهر (Iranian, Dari, and Tajik readings mehr, Classical reading mihr) "sun" or "friendship, love, kindness" (cf. Mithra, Mehr) combined with نقش (Iranian reading nağš; Classical, Dari, and Tajik readings naqš) "drawing, painting; image" or "impression, trace". The latter is from Arabic نَقْش (naqš) "embossing, engraving" or "variegation".