The Persian word for mirror is Ayeneh.
Often transliterated as āyeneh, ayene, or ayینه in Persian script, the word means a mirror or looking glass. On a Haft-sin display, the mirror is commonly placed at the back of the arrangement, sometimes between candles or candelabra.
The mirror is a symbolic object associated with reflection, clarity, purity, and self-awareness. Haft-sin itself means “seven S’s”: seven symbolic items whose Persian names begin with the letter sin, or س. The mirror is traditionally displayed with the table but is not one of those seven S-items.
Other objects often accompanying the mirror include candles, painted eggs, a goldfish, a Qur’an or poetry book, flowers, and sprouted wheatgrass called sabze. The mirror should therefore not be confused with darya, “sea,” jelveh, “appearance” or “glory,” or shisheh, commonly meaning glass.