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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (mihragān). By surface analysis, مهر (mehr, the first month of autumn in the Zoroastrian calendar) +‎ ـگان (-gân, relational suffix).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? mihragān, mihrgān
Dari reading? mehragān, mehrgān
Iranian reading? mehregân, mehrgân
Tajik reading? mehrgon

Proper noun

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Dari مهرگان
Iranian Persian
Tajik меҳргон

مهرگان (mehregân)

  1. the first day of autumn
  2. (Zoroastrianism) Mehregan (festival held in the month of Mehr)
  3. (by extension, poetic) autumn

Descendants

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  • Arabic: مِهْرَجان (mihrajān)
    • South Levantine Arabic: مهرجان (mahrajān)