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mīnā[also mīnū; old Pers. mīnô; Pehl. minôi; Zend mainyu (fr. man); S. मन्यु;—cf. also Zend minu; and S. मिण], s.m. Heaven, paradise; the sky, the azure vault;—a blue colour;—a false gem of a blue colour; a glass globule or bead;—the blue-stone, blue vitriol; caustic; a stone resembling lapis lazuli (which is used to tinge silver);—aichymy;—enamel;—a goblet, glass; decanter:—mīnā-bāzār, s.m. A bāzār where miscellaneous goods are sold; a fancy fair:—mīnā-sāz, or mīnā-kār, s.m. An enameller:—mīnā-sāzī, or mīnā-kārī, s.f. Enamelling:—mīnā-fām, adj. Azure, cerulean:—mīnā-kārī ćhāṅṭnā, To make nice distinctions.
Origin: Persian