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Georgian
Etymology 1
Of the same Iranian origin as Old Armenian նկար (nkar).
Noun
ნიკორა • (niḳora)
- a white mark on the forehead of animals
- Synonym: ნიშა (niša)
- (transferred sense) an animal with a white mark on the forehead
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նկար”, 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 457a, derives from the Armenian
- Marr, N. Ja. (1934) Избранные работы [Selected Works] (in Russian), volume III, Leningrad: Государственное социально-экономическое издательство, page 231
Etymology 2
From Old Georgian ნიკორა (niḳora), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *neḳ(u)- (“little finger”).
Noun
ნიკორა • (niḳora) (plural ნიკორები)
- (dialectal, Khevsureti) little finger, pinkie
References
- Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნიკორა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words] (in Georgian), volume II, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 28a
- Klimov, G. A. (1985) “Дополнения к этимологическому словарю картвельских языков. II [Additions to the Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages. II]”, in Этимология (in Russian), number 1983, Moscow: Nauka, page 172 of 166–179