მიმინოჲ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms
  • მინინოჲ (mininoy)

Etymology

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Noun

მიმინოჲ • (miminoy)

  1. Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Descendants
  • Georgian: მიმინო (mimino), მინინო (minino)
    • → Bats: მიმინო̆ (miminŏ)
  • →? Laz: მიმიჲა (mimiya)
  • → Mingrelian: მიმინო (mimino)
  • → Svan: მიმილ (mimil)

Further reading
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მიმინოჲ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 245
  • Кодзоев, Т. (2010) “мимляча”, in Модернизированный ингушско-русский словарь [Modernized Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nazran: Piligrim, page 757a, connects მიმინო (mimino) with Ingush мимляча (mimljača, “peregrine falcon”), explaining the latter as мим (mim, “silent”) + ляча (ljača, “falcon”)
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