Georgian

Noun

მგოსანი • ‎(mgosani)

1. (archaic) chorister; singer
2. poet, bard

Derived terms

• მგოსნობა ‎(mgosnoba, “(the art of) poetry, lyricism”)
• მგოსნური ‎(mgosnuri, “poetic”)

See also

• მომღერალი ‎(momɣerali)
• პოეტი ‎(ṗoeṭi)

References

• Rayfield, Donald, editor (2006), “მგოსანი”, in A Comprehensive Georgian–English Dictionary, London: Garnett Press

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Parthian gwsʾn ‎(gōsān), either directly or via Armenian.

Noun

მგოსანი • ‎(mgosani)

1. minstrel, gusan

Synonyms

• მუტრიბი ‎(muṭribi)

Derived terms

• მგოსნობს ‎(mgosnobs, “dances a round dance”)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գուսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 598a
• Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 104
• Bailey, H. W. (1934), “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, issue 3, page 514
• von Stackelberg, R. (1894), “Lexicalisches aus ‘Wīs ō Rāmīn’”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 48, pages 490–497