گنامینو

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡa.nɑː.miː.ˈnoː]

Readings
Classical reading?	ganāmīnō

Proper noun

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)