بهار is a feminine given name documented in Persian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼 via Middle Persian, with the stated meaning “spring”.
Old Persian origin
Source-reported
Meaning: “spring”
From Middle Persian whʾl (wahār), from Old Persian 𐎺𐎠𐏃𐎼 (v-a-h-r), from Proto-Iranian *wáhār, collective of *wáhr̥, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásr̥, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). Cognate with Mazanderani وهار (vehār), Talysh اوسور (əvəsor), Laki وهار (whar), Zazaki wesar, Central Kurdish بەھار (behar). Other cognates include Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta), Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Latin ver, Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna), Lithuanian vãsara, Old Norse vár.
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