| Word form | mirikli |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Czech translation | korálek |
| Hungarian translation | gyöngy |
| Grammatical info | noun, feminine; plural mirikj-a (individuated) ~ mirikl-e (collective); the latter as if from the masculine *mirikl-o |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Old Indo-Aryan [9] (-1900–-500) |
| Early Romani reconstruction | *mirikl-í/ó F/M |
| Boretzky & Igla's etymology | 180: 1. perhaps < Pali, OIA maṇi- ‘Schmuck, Juwel’ plus a suffix; 2. perhaps cognate with men ‘Hals’ |
| Mānušs et al. etymology | 87: no etymology; cf. miriklo < contamination of OIA maṇí ‘pearl’ and OIA marakata ‘emerald’ |
| Vekerdi's etymology | 111: < Sanskrit maṇikka [T] |
| Turner's etymology | 557: maṇí 9731 maṇí1 m. ʻ jewel, ornament ʼ RV. [...] -- ext. -- kk -- : Gy. gr. minrikló m. ʻ ornament ʼ, rum. mərənkló, hung. miriklo ʻ pearl, coral ʼ, boh. miliklo, germ. merikle ʻ agate ʼ, eng. mérikli ʻ bead ʼ; Kal.rumb. mŕãdotdot;ŕik ʻ bead necklace ʼ; K. manka m. ʻ snake -- stone ʼ; L. maṇkā m. ʻ bead ʼ, awāṇ. miṇkā; P. maṇkā m. ʻ bead, jewel ʼ; G. maṇkɔ m. ʻ gem, bead ʼ; M. maṇkā m. ʻ large gem or bead ʼ. |