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Mingrelian

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /mɪnˈɡɹiːli.ən/
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adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A Kartvelian language spoken in parts of Georgia (mainly Samegrelo and Abkhazia).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who speaks this language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Mingrel + -ian, from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). Compare the variant Megrelian.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: а́гыруатә (ágərwatwʼ) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Armenian: մեգրելական (megrelakan) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Georgian: მეგრული (megruli) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Georgian: სამეგრელოს (samegrelos) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Laz: Mergeluri — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Mingrelian: მარგალი (margali) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Mingrelian: სამარგალოშ (samargaloš) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Russian: мегре́льский (megrélʹskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Russian: мингре́льский (mingrélʹskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Samegrelo, the Mingrelian people or the Mingrelian language
  • Abkhaz: а́гыршәа (ágərŝwa) — language
  • Amharic: ሚንግራልኛ (mingəralña) — language
  • Armenian: մեգրելերեն (megreleren) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明格列爾語 /明格列尔语 (mínggéliè'ěryǔ) — language
  • East Circassian: долыбзэм (doləbzɛm) — language
  • Estonian: megreli keel — language
  • Finnish: mingreli — language
  • French: mingrélien — language
  • French: mégrélien — language
  • Georgian: მეგრული (megruli) — language
  • Georgian: მეგრული ენა (megruli ena) — language
  • German: Mingrelisch — language
  • Icelandic: mingrelska — language
  • Latvian: megrēļu valoda — language
  • Laz: Margaluri — language
  • Lithuanian: megrelų kalba — language
  • Mingrelian: მარგალური ნინა (margaluri nina) — language
  • Portuguese: mingreliano — language
  • Russian: мегре́льский (megrélʹskij) — language
  • Russian: мингре́льский (mingrélʹskij) — language
  • Spanish: mingreliano — language
  • Svan: ლუზნუ (luznu) — language
  • Svan: ლუზნუ ნინ (luznu nin) — language
  • Turkish: Megrelce — language
  • Ukrainian: мегрельська мова (mehrelʹsʹka mova) — language
  • Abkhaz: агыруа (agərwa) — person
  • Armenian: մեգրել (megrel) — person
  • Middle Armenian: մկրել (mkrel) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明格列爾人 /明格列尔人 (mínggéliè'ěrrén) — person
  • East Circassian: дол (dol) — person
  • West Circassian: дол (dol) — person
  • Georgian: მეგრელი (megreli) — person
  • Laz: Mergeli — person
  • Mingrelian: მარგალი (margali) — person
  • Russian: мегре́л (megrél) — person
  • Russian: мегре́лец (megrélec) — person
  • Russian: мегре́лка (megrélka) — person
  • Svan: მჷზა̈ნ (məzän) — person
Real reading context

Mingrelian in complete knowledge articles