ნინო

Georgian

Alternative forms

• ნინუცა (ninuca)
• ნინუკა (ninuḳa)
• ნინიკო (niniḳo)
• ნუცა (nuca)

Etymology

From the name of Saint Nino, called Նունէ (Nunē) in Old Armenian sources, probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Syriac origin. Others relate it to the name of the Assyrian goddess of fertility — Nina (also called Ishtar), whence also Old Armenian Նանէ (Nanē, “Nane”).

Proper noun

ნინო • (nino)

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• ნინოშვილი (ninošvili)

References

• ნინო in Zurab Chumburidze, What is your name?, 2003, Logospress, Tbilisi.
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Նունէ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press