Talk:Mehrdad

I suggest to cut the connection to Afghanistan, because old Persian or Persian Empire was the land which is now mainly current Iran (the local name was always Iran). Afghanistan's history begins from the time when it was seperated from the Persian Empire - or maybe even later. So speaking about Mehrdad as a part of Afghanistans history is like saying Romulus and Romus are a part of German history just because Germany was some day a place in Roman Empire! Mubed 19:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

will yes i do agree Mehrdad is a pure persian name, and at the time Afghanistan was part of Persian Empire, and even all the languages spoken at afghanistan are part of the east side of Persia, languages like Pashtu, tajik, Dari(which is farsi), any way you do not find the name of Mehrdad in Afghanistan unless they want to relate themselves to persians. bottom line the name is a pure persian name. Mehrdad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.243.209.76 (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
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The name is derived from Mehr, an angelic Zoroastrian divinity (yazata) of covenant, light, and oath. The Persian word mehr (مهر) also means "sun" or "love", while dād (داد) means "given". So, the literal meaning of Mehrdād (مهرداد) is "given by sun" or "given by love". Mehrdad is a historical Persian name that derives from Middle Persian Mihrdāt (Old Persian Miθradāta), a theophoric name meaning 'given by Mehr'.

IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 16:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)