ܡܺܐܢܰܐ [†] mʾnʾʾ miʾnaʾ tin?
LS mentions that Lorsbach Arch. 2, 293 compared NP mīnā glass, crystal (Steingass 1364: a glass globule or bead, a false gem of a blue colour; bluestone, caustic; a blue, blueish green, green colour; a stone resembling lapis lazuli, with which silver is tinged; a goblet, glass, decanter); but the semantic value of the Syr. term is uncertain, and Gignoux (personal communication) considers the Iranian origin very doubtful ● BO 2, 226, 1 ◆ LS 373b