Mehr

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Mehr or Meher can mean several things:

• Mehr or Meher (in Persian: مهر) means sun and love.

• Mehr is also a name for the proto-Indo-Iranian Mitra.

• Mehr is also the Zoroastrian Yazata's Meher and Dae-pa-Meher name for Mithra.

• Mehr is also the name of the first month of autumn in Iranian calendar.

• Mehr is also the name of both a month and day on the Zoroastrian calendar, from which the Iranian calendar derives its month names, dedicated to Meher.
  • Mehregan is the Zoroastrian autumn festival that originated as a ritual dedicated to Meher (Mitra).

• Mehr is also a School of thought (the literal meaning of the name is kindness).

• Mehr is also a surname and title in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, used alone or along with another word. For instance the name, Mehrdad (Mithrades in Greek and Latinized form), is consisted of words Mehr = Mithra; Dad = Des = given.