مینو

مینو

Persian

Alternative forms

• منو‎ (menu)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫇𐫃‎ (mynwg /mēnōg/, “heaven, paradise; *emerald; *glass”), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎‎ (maⁱniiu, “spirit”). Doublet of مینا‎ (mīnā) from the Middle Persian’s Arabic descendant.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /meːnoː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /meːnoː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /miːnuː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /menɵ/

Noun

مینو • (minu)

1. paradise, heaven
2. (obsolete) emerald
3. (obsolete) glass

References

• Ağa-Oğlu, Mehmet (1946), “The Origin of the Term Mīnā and its Meanings”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 5, issue 4, DOI:10.1086/370797, pages 241–256
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “مینو”, 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 (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1259