მაგანა

Georgian

Etymology

Uncertain. See Mingrelian მაგანა (magana) for more.

Noun

მაგანა • (magana)

  1. (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)

  1. sickle
Descendants
  • → Abkhaz: а-мага́на (a-magána), а-бага́на (a-bagána)

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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

Noun

მაგანა • (magana)

  1. width, breadth
  2. (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
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