Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (gnʾk' mynwk /⁠gannāk mēnōg⁠⁠/, the Stinking Spirit).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ganāmīnō

Proper noun

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گنامینو (ganāmīnō) (Classical romanization)

  1. (Zoroastrianism, obsolete) Ahriman, Angra Mainyu (the evil spirit)
    Synonym: اَهْریمَن (ahriman)
    • 1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-yi Sanjān]:
      وزان پس هم گنامینو گجسته
      مر این ره را دگر باره شکسته
      w-az ān pas ham ganāmīnō gujasta
      mar īn rah rā digar bāra šikasta
      And after that too, the accursed Stinking Spirit
      Broke this road a second time.
      (Classical transliteration)