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Georgian
Etymology
Ultimately probably a derivative of Persian امیر (amir), but the details are unclear.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ამი‧რა‧ნი
Proper noun
ამირანი • (amirani)
- a male given name, Amirani
- Alternative forms: ამირან (amiran), ამირანა (amirana)
- (Georgian mythology) Amirani
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References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) “Amyran”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 53
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1986) “ამირან”, in Kartveluri saḳutari saxelebi: Antroṗonimta leksiḳoni (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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