name
Nominchimeg
noh-min-CHEE-meg
noʊmɪnˈtʃiːmɛɡListen
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Syllable breakdown
Nominchimeg
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mongolian (Mongolia)
- Meaning
- a Mongolian compound feminine name meaning turquoise ornament or turquoise decoration, from nomin (turquoise, the blue-green gemstone that is among the most prized decorative stones in Mongolian and Central Asian jewellery and ornamental tradition) and chimeg (ornament, decoration, adornment); turquoise — nomin — is strongly associated with the Mongolian sky and the sacred Blue Sky (Munkh Tengri, the eternal blue sky) that is the supreme deity of Mongolian shamanism and the spiritual protector of the Mongolian people and their vast steppe homeland; a name meaning turquoise ornament thus places the daughter within the spiritual symbolism of the sky and the beauty of the natural world as well as the tradition of ornamental artistry that is central to Mongolian aesthetic culture in jewellery, embroidery, and saddle decoration
- Gender
- female
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