ܡܗܝܪ mhyr the sun among the Persians
Allotropes: ܡܗܪ mhr; ܡܝܗܪ myhr (only as first element of compound proper nouns). Compound: ܡܝܗܪܡܗ myhrmh
MP mihr [mtr'] Mithra, sun; 7th month; 16th day (CPD 56; Nyberg 132); ManMP myhr /mihr/ (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 235); NP mihr the sun (Steingass 1353; Horn 224); Av. miθra- (AirWb 1183 ff.); the allotropes mhr, myhr appear only as first element of compound proper nouns. PS Suppl. records also the independent form myhr (PsC 81, 5 ; 86, 1 and 5), but in reality it is an emendation made by the editor Budge, the manuscripts having mhnr (in 81, 5 and 86, 1) and mhyr (in 86, 5); cf. Ciancaglini 1998, 62. The Syr. form myhrmh represents MP mihr māh, NP mihrmāh name of the seventh month of the solar year (Steingass 1354) ● AS 4, 9, 2; PsC 86, 5; myhrmh Bedjan, Hist. 564, 3 ◆ LS 376b; PS Suppl. 186 and 191