Given name · Persian
بهار
“spring”
بهار (bahār) is a feminine given name from Middle Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Persian.
PersianWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: bahâr.
Meaning & origin
What it means
بهار goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥, meaning “spring.”
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Where it comes from
بهار comes from Middle Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Middle Persian whʾl (wahār), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
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بهار’s family of names
In Persian usage, بهار shares a linguistic root with the Serbo-Croatian form Vesna. In Persian usage, بهار can be written in the Roman alphabet as bahâr. In Persian usage, بهار can be written in the Roman alphabet as bahār.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
بهار has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named بهار
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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