Anahit (Persian: آناهید, in Armenian Անահիտ) (in Western Armenian transliteration and pronunciation Anahid) 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
edit(in Western Armenian given names)
- Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016), Armenian-American violinist
- Anahid Fayad (born 1983), Syrian-born Palestinian-Jordanian actress
- Anaid Iplicjian (born 1935), German-Armenian actress
- Anahid Nersessian, American writer and critic
- Anahide Ter Minassian (1929–2019), French-Armenian historian
Anahit
edit(in Eastern Armenian given names)
- Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP
- Anahit Maschyan (1900–1989), Armenian theatre and film actress
- Anahit Nersesyan (born 1954), Armenian pianist
- Anahit Perikhanian (1928–2012), Armenian Iranologist
- Anahit Sahinyan (1917–2010), Armenian writer
- Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), Armenian violinist
- Anahit Yulanda Varan (1917–2003), Turkish street performer of Armenian ethnicity
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
- ^ Ekmekdjian, M. (1992). Les prénoms arméniens. Collection Arménies (in French). Editions Parenthèses. p. 14. ISBN 978-2-86364-068-5. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.