Anahit_(name)

Anahit (name)

Anahit (name)

Name list


Anahit (Persian: آناهید, in Armenian Անահիտ) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid) is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian[1] and Armenian mythology.

Anahita is a Persian goddess, known also by the spellings Anahit/Anahid.

Anahit and variant Anahid is a common given name for Iranian and Armenian females,[2] and may refer to:

Anahid

(in Western Armenian given names)

Anahit

(in Eastern Armenian given names)

See also


References

  1. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
  2. Ekmekdjian, M. (1992). Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies (in French). Editions Parenthèses. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Anahit_(name), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.