English Explanatory Dictionary

Mithra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A particular divinity (yazata) in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture, the hypostasis of "contract", "oath".
  2. Roman Mithras.

Word forms

Mithra

Etymology

Transliteration of Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitrás (literally “(that which) causes binding”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (literally “to bind”); cognate with Sanskrit मित्र (mitra, “friend, companion”). Doublet of Mitra.

Related words

Mithraeum Mithras Mitra Mithridates Mehran
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