ამირანი

Ultimately probably a derivative of Persian امیر (amir), but the details are unclear.

• IPA^(key): /amirani/, [amiɾani]
• Hyphenation: ამი‧რა‧ნი

ამირანი • (amirani)

1. a male given name, Amirani

   Alternative forms: ამირან (amiran), ამირანა (amirana)

2. (Georgian mythology) Amirani

• ამირანაშვილი (amiranašvili), ამირანასშვილი (amiranasšvili)
• ამირანიძე (amiraniʒe)

• → Abkhaz: Амиран (Amiran)
• → Armenian: Ամիրան (Amiran)
• → Ossetian: Амыран (Amyran), Амран (Amran)
• → Russian: Амира́ни (Amiráni)

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) “Amyran”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 53
• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986) “ამირან”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Kartvelian Anthroponyms]‎ (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 72a
• Fritz, Sonja (2006) “Amyran”, in Die ossetischen Personennamen (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band III, Faszikel 3)‎ (in German), based on a dissertation submitted in 1983, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 92, page 15
• Marr, N. (1895) “Персидская национальная тенденция в грузинском романе "Амирандареджаниани"”, in Журнал Министерства народного просвещения, volume 70, number 299 (June), Saint Petersburg, page 361 of 352–365

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