Mehrunnisa: meaning, origin and pronunciation
GirlPersian
مہرالنساء
مهرالنساء
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Mehrunnisa (مہرالنساء, Persian مهرالنساء) means “sun (or love) among women”. Source: Steingass, Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary, مهر; Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ن س و.
- Meaning
- sun (or love) among women
- معنی
- عورتوں میں سورج یا محبت
Where it comes from
Persian mihr (sun; love) joined to Arabic al-nisāʾ (women).
- Say it
- meh-run-ni-saAudio recordings coming later
- Other spellings
- Mehr-un-Nisa · Mehrun Nisa
- Known bearer
- Mehr-un-Nisa, birth name of the Mughal empress Nur Jahan
- Themes
- Light