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SHAHRIVAR

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Iranian, Near Eastern Mythology

Modern Persian form of Kshathra Vairya meaning "desirable power" in Avestan. In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a god of metal and a protector of the weak. This is also the name of the sixth month of the Iranian calendar.
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