مینا

See also: مينا

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [miː.nɑ́ː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [miː.nɑ́ː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mi.nɔ́ː]

Readings
Classical reading? mīnā
Dari reading? mīnā
Iranian reading? minâ
Tajik reading? mino

Noun
Dari مینا
Iranian Persian
Tajik мино

مینا • (minâ)

  1. glaze
  2. enamel
  3. daisy

Proper noun
Dari مینا
Iranian Persian
Tajik Мино

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, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1258b–1259a
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