Date
Name Mehregan
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Persian
Scripts مهرگان(Persian)
Theme autumn
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Meaning & History
From the name of an Iranian festival that honours the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, celebrated each year at the beginning of autumn. The word itself is derived from Persian مهر (mehr) referring to the seventh month of the Persian calendar combined with the suffix گان (gān) indicating relation.