مینا

See also: مينا

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [miː.ˈnɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.nɑ́ː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [miː.nɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mi.nɔ́]

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^[1], 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^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 1258b–1259a