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Anahita
أناهيتاIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Name of the Iranian goddess of waters, praised in the Zoroastrian Avesta
- About the name
- Anahita is an Iranian goddess praised in the Aban Yasht, a hymn of the Zoroastrian Avesta, as a divinity of the waters. In Middle Persian her name was Anahid.
- For
- A girl
- Origin
- Persian
- Other spellings
- Anahid
Islamic naming guidance
- Discouraged
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Name of a deity worshipped besides God: disliked
Name of the Iranian goddess of waters praised in the Zoroastrian Avesta, so it falls under names of deities worshipped besides Allah. It is also used as a girl's name in Persian. A scholar's call: no ruling on this exact name was read.
Confidence: low
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