Mitra

See also: mitra, mitrā, and mitrą

English

Etymology 1

Transliteration of Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of Mithra and Mithras.

Proper noun

Mitra

1. A divinity of Vedic culture, hypostasis of friendship and one-half of the dvandva (compound divinity) Varuna-Mitra.
   • 1989, Elizabeth-Chalier Visuvalingam, “Bhairava's Royal Brahmanicide,”, in Criminal Gods and Demon Devotees, page 200:

     [In post-Vedic India], Vedic Mitra practically disappears and Varuna is relegated to a subsidiary position

2. (uncommon) A deity invoked in the Hurrian Mitanni of ca. 1400 BC.
   • 1963, Jørgen Læssøe, People of Ancient Assyria: Their Inscriptions and Correspondence, Routledge,, page 86:

     when about 1350 B.C. a treaty was concluded between the king of Mittanni [...] and the Hittite ruler [...], the former calls upon the gods Mitra, Indra, Varuna, and the Nâsatya as guarantors of his sworn obligations.

3. (rare) Misspelling of Iranian Mithra (Miθra).
   • 1923, John Nicol Farquhar, The Religious Quest of India, OUP, page 120:

     As the Avestan Mitra had a luminous character, so had the Vedic Mitra.

   • 2001, Manfred Clauss, The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries, page 7:

     We cannot account for Roman Mithras in terms borrowed from Persian Mitra.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Bengali মিত্র (mitrô).

Proper noun

Mitra

1. A surname from Sanskrit.

Anagrams

• Armit, Tarim, amrit, matri-, timar, tirma

German

Etymology

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːtʀə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Mitra f (genitive Mitra, plural Mitren)

1. mitre (headgear worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries)
2. (heraldry) mitre

Declension

Declension of Mitra [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mitra	die	Mitren
genitive	einer	der	Mitra	der	Mitren
dative	einer	der	Mitra	den	Mitren
accusative	eine	die	Mitra	die	Mitren

Further reading

• “Mitra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mitra” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.tra/
• Rhymes: -itra
• Hyphenation: Mì‧tra

Proper noun

Mitra m

1. Mithras

Related terms

• mitraico

Anagrams

• matri, ritma, tarmi, trami