Bahar (Persian: بهار, lit.
'spring') in Persian appears as a feminine given name in Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey.
It comes from the Middle Persian whʾl (wahār), which ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
A similar name also appears in the Semitic languages albeit with a different meaning.
Therefore, Baħar in Maltese; Al-Bahr (Arabic: البحر, romanized: albahr) in Arabic; and Bahir (Amharic: ባሕር, romanized: baḥiri in Amharic - Bahari / Tigrinya: ባሕሪ, romanized: Bahri in Tigrinya).