Bahar

Bahar (Persian: بهار‎‎) means the season of Spring in Persian, Kurdish, Urdu, Azerbaijani, and Turkish.

Baħar also means sea in Maltese, derived from the Arabic word Baḥr (Arabic: بحر‎). In Arabic itself, though, Bahār (Arabic: بهار‎) means spice.

It may also refer to:

Given names

• Amina Gul-Bahar, (ca. 1434–1492), the first wife of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II
• Bahar Begum (born 1942), Pakistani actress
• Bahar Çağlar (born 1988), i Turkish female basketballer
• Bahar Doğan (born 1974), Turkish female long-distance runner
• Bahar Güvenç (born 1997), Turkish women's footballer
• Bahar Kızıl (born 1988), German singer of Turkish descent
• Bahar Kol (born 1995), Turkish women's footballer
• Bahar Mert (born 1975), Turkish female volleyball player
• Bahar Movahed Bashiri (born 1979), Iranian portrait caricaturist, classical vocalist and dentist
• Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-American actress
• Bahar Toksoy (born 1988), Turkish female volleyball player
• Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (born 1984), Turkish women's footballer

Surnames

• Ahmad Bahar (1889–1957), Iranian statesman
• Dany Bahar (born 1971), Turkish chief executive
• Emran bin Bahar (born 1961), Bruneian diplomat
• Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury (1906–1966), politician and writer from East Bengal
• Mehrdad Bahar (1930–1994), Iranian linguist, mythologist and Persian historian
• Mohammad-Taghi Bahar (1884–1951), Iranian poet, politician, historian and journalist

Coinage

• Bahar Azadi Coin, an Iranian gold coin minted by Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Places

Afghanistan

• Naw Bahar District, a district of Zabul Province, Afghanistan
• Sabzi Bahar, a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan

Armenia

• Bahar, former name of Arpunk, a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
• Bahar, former name of Kakhakn, a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia

Azerbaijan

• Bahar, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in the Beylagan Rayon of Azerbaijan
• Bahar oilfield, an offshore oil and gas field of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea

India

• Bahar, India, a town and subdivision of Patna District of Bihar, India

Iran

• Bahar, Iran, a city in Hamadan Province of Iran
• Bahar County, an administrative subdivision of Hamadan Province
• Bahar, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
• Bahar, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran
• Bahar, North Khorasan, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Bahar, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Bahar, Tehran, an area of central Tehran, Iran
• Bahar-e Olya, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Bahar-e Sofla, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Central District (Bahar County), a district in Bahar County, Hamadan Province, Iran
• Central District (Chabahar County), a district in Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
• Chah Bahar, a city in and capital of Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
• Chah Bahar County, a county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Media

• Aaye Din Bahar Ke, a 1966 Hindi film produced by J. Om Prakash
• Andhar Bahar, a 2013 Kannada action movie starring Shivrajkumar and Parvathi Menon
• Bahar (newspaper), a Persian-language newspaper
• Bahar (film), a 1951 Bollywood movie starring Vyjayanthimala
• Barkha Bahar, a 1973 Bollywood romance film directed by Amar Kumar
• Basant Bahar (film), an Indian romantic and melodramatic film from 1956
• "Başka Bahar", a 2002 Turkish pop song from Işın Karaca's Anadilim Aşk album
• X'Qala' l-Bahar, a Maltese documentary programme

Other uses

• Bahar-e-Shariat (1939), a 1939 encyclopedia of Islamic fiqh
• Bahar (raga), a raga used in Hindustani classical music
• Bahar (unit), an obsolete unit of length in Iran, and unit of mass in Oman
• Beit Al Bahar Beach Villas Dubai, a part of Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai
• Cafe Bahar, a popular hotel located in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, India
• Zobe-Felezat Bahar Hamedan F.C., an Iranian football club based in Hamedan, Iran