მგოსანი

From Old Georgian მგოსანი (mgosani).

მგოსანი • (mgosani)

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

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

• მომღერალი (momɣerali)
• პოეტი (ṗoeṭi)

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

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

მგოსანი • (mgosani)

1. minstrel, gusan

• მუტრიბი (muṭribi)

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

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գուսան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, 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, 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