ნიში

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Georgian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /niʃi/
  • Hyphenation: ნი‧ში

Noun[edit]

ნიში (niši) (plural ნიშები)

  1. alcove, bay, oriel

Inflection[edit]

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Mingrelian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Laz ნუში (nuşi), Middle Georgian ნუშა (nuša, small boat). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

ნიში (niši) (plural ნიშეფი)

  1. boat
    Synonym: ფილუკა (piluḳa)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Abkhaz: а-ны́шь (a-nə́š)[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ч͑арая, П. (1912) Об отношении абхазского языка к яфетическим [On the relation of Abkhaz with Japhetic languages] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 4)‎[1] (in Russian), edited and supplemented by N. Marr, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 13
  2. ^ 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 147

Further reading[edit]

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ნიში”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1049
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 822
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ნიში”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ნჷში”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[4], volume 10, number 1, page 45–46 of 25–76, follows Dzidzarija and considers Mingrelian to be borrowed from Abkhaz only due to the presence of (ə) in Mingrelian form

Old Georgian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Iranian. See Persian نشان (nešân) for more.

Noun[edit]

ნიში (niši)

  1. sign; omen; miracle

References[edit]

  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “ნიში”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 917a
  • Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825) “ნიში”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries]‎[5], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences