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Georgian
Etymology
Uncertain. See Mingrelian მაგანა (magana) for more.
Noun
მაგანა • (magana)
- (dialectal, Guria) sickle
- Synonyms: მანგალი (mangali), ნამგალი (namgali)
References
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1974) “მაგანა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume I, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 337b
Mingrelian
Etymology 1
Related to dialectal Georgian მაგანა (magana). The etymology is uncertain.
Kipšidze connects with Georgian მანგალი (mangali);[1] Ačaṙean puts the word under the list of borrowings from Old Armenian մանգաղ (mangał).[2]
On the other hand, Klimov / Xalilov derive from Greek Ancient Greek μαγγάνα (mangána) glossing it “machine”, probably meaning Greek μάγγανο (mángano), Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “the name of various machines”).[3]
Noun
მაგანა • (magana)
- sickle
Descendants
References
- ^ Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მაგანა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 275a
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մանգաղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 251b
- ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 159
Further reading
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 128
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მაგანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 783
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 812
Etymology 2
Noun
მაგანა • (magana)
- width, breadth
- (figuratively) province
- Synonyms: აკანი (aḳani), ალაგე (alage), მუხური (muxuri)
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მაგანა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 783