Bahar (name)
Bahar in Persian appears as a feminine given name in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey. It comes from the Middle Persian whʾl, which ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥.
A similar name also appears in the Semitic languages albeit with a different meaning. Therefore, Baħar in Maltese; Al-Bahr in Arabic; and Bahir.
People with the given name Bahar
- Emine Gülbahar Hatun, concubine of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and mother of Bayezid II
- Bahar Çağlar, Turkish basketballer
- Bahar Davary, Iranian-American religious studies scholar
- Bahar Doğan, Turkish long-distance runner
- Bahar Güvenç, Turkish footballer
- Bahar Kizil, German singer of Turkish descent
- Bahar Mert, Turkish volleyball player
- Bahar Movahed Bashiri, Iranian portrait caricaturist, classical vocalist and dentist
- Bahar Soomekh, Iranian-American actor
- Bahar Toksoy, Turkish volleyball player
- Bahar Jefri Bolkiah, Bruneian prince
- Bahar Yıldırım, Turkish long-distance runner
People with the surname Bahar
- Ahmad Bahar, Iranian statesman
- Ahmad Bahar (Palestinian politician), Palestinian politician
- Hassan Bahara, Moroccan-Dutch writer
- Dany Bahar, Turkish chief executive
- Emran bin Bahar, Bruneian diplomat
- Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç, Turkish footballer
- Mehrdad Bahar, Iranian linguist, mythologist and Persian historian
- Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Iranian poet, politician, historian and journalist
- Mojdeh Bahar, American patent attorney and government official
- R. Iris Bahar, American professor and electronics engineer
- Salah Al Bahar, Iraqi singer and composer
- Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and professor