Anahit Anahit () was the goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Armenian mythology. In early periods, she was the goddess of war. By the 5th century BCE, she was the main deity in Armenia along with Aramazd. The Armenian goddess Anahit ...

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Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

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Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...

transliteration and pronunciation ''Anahid'') is goddess of fertility and healing, wisdom and water in Iranian and Armenian mythology.

Anahita Anahita is the Old Persian form of the name of an Iranian goddess and appears in complete and earlier form as ('), the Avestan name of an Indo-Iranian cosmological figure venerated as the divinity of "the Waters" ( Aban) and hence associat ...

is a Persian goddess, known also by the spellings Anahit/Anahid. Anahit and variant Anahid is a common

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

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Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

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females, and may refer to:

Anahid

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Anahid Ajemian Anahid Marguerite Ajemian (; January 26, 1924 – June 13, 2016) was an American violinist of Armenian descent. Her career in contemporary music began from her desire to help young composers of her generation get their compositions performed ...

(1924–2016), Armenian-American violinist * Anahid Fayad (born 1983), Syrian-born Palestinian-Jordanian actress * Anaid Iplicjian (born 1935), German-Armenian actress *

Anahid Nersessian Anahid Nersessian (born October 27) is an American writer and critic who served as the poetry editor of Granta Magazine. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, The Paris Re ...

, American writer and critic * Anahide Ter Minassian (1929–2019), French-Armenian historian

Anahit

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Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian () is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armeni ...

given names) * Anahit Bakhshyan (born 1947), Armenian politician and MP * Anahit Maschyan (1900–1989), Armenian theatre and film actress *

Anahit Nersesyan Anahit Nersesyan (In Armenian: Անահիտ Ներսիսյան, по-русски: Анаит Нерсесян), a famous Armenian pianist was born in 1954 in Yerevan. She studied at the Tchaikovsky Music School, Yerevan from 1961-72 with Professor ...

(born 1954), Armenian pianist *

Anahit Perikhanian Anahit Georgievna Perikhanian (24 April 1928 – 27 May 2012) was a Soviet-born Armenian academic. An Iranologist, Perikhanian specialized in Sasanian jurisprudence, history and society. In addition to her work on many aspects of ancient and mediev ...

(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

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