ნიკორა
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
- → Mingrelian: ნიკვრა (niḳvra)
- → Turkish: niḳora – Ahıska
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “նկար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, 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
- Климов, Г. А. (1985), “Дополнения к этимологическому словарю картвельских языков. II [Additions to the Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages. II]”, in Этимология (in Russian), issue 1983, Moscow: Nauka, page 172 of 166–179