ნიკორა

Georgian

Etymology 1

Of the same Iranian origin as Old Armenian նկար (nkar).

Noun

ნიკორა • (niḳora)

1. a white mark on the forehead of animals

   Synonym: ნიშა (niša)

2. (transferred sense) an animal with a white mark on the forehead

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: ნიკვრა (niḳvra)
• → Turkish: niḳora — Ahıska

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]‎^[1] (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)

1. (dialectal, Khevsureti) little finger, pinkie

References

• Ɣlonṭi, Aleksandre (1975) “ნიკორა”, in Kartul ḳilo-tkmata siṭq̇vis ḳona [Dictionary of dialectal Georgian words]‎^[2] (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^[3] (in Russian), number 1983, Moscow: Nauka, page 172 of 166–179