مینا

See also: مينا‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا‎ (mīnā). Doublet of مینو‎ (minu).

Noun

مینا • (minâ)

  1. glaze
  2. enamel
  3. daisy

Proper noun

مینا • (minâ)

  1. a female given name, Mina

Descendants
  • → Armenian: Մինա (Mina)
  • → Northern Kurdish: Mîna

References
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مینا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 5079–5080
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “مینا”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 1258b–1259a
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