Anahit (name)
Anahit (Template:Lang-fa, in Armenian Անահիտ) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid (Անահիդ)) is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian[1] and Armenian mythology.
Anahita is a Persian goddess, known also by the spellings Anahit/Anahid.
Anahit and variant Anahid is a common given name for Iranian and Armenian females,[2] and may refer to:
Anahid
(in Western Armenian given names)
- Anahid Ajemian (born 1924), Armenian-American violinist.
Anahit
(in Eastern Armenian given names)
- Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP
- Anahit Nersesyan (born 1954), Armenian pianist
- Anahit Perikhanian (1928–2012), Armenian Iranologist
- Anahit Sahinyan (1917–2010), an Armenian writer
- Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), Armenian violinist
References
- ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/anahid
- ^ Ekmekdjian, M. (1992). Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies (in French). Editions Parenthèses. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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