nymph · cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)
çekim: çoğul ninfas
eş: cortesana, nenúfar, ninfea
köken: Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”). Second sense from cacatúa ninfa, or from the first sense - see Nymphicus.
daughter · virgin, maiden · little girl, young lady
köken: ⟨woto₂me₁⟩ → /wotome/ → /otome/ From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Compound of おと (oto, cognate with Old Japanese verb 復つ otsu, “to become young”) + 女 (me, “girl, female”). Contrasts with 男 (otoko, “man”, original meaning of “boy”). See also 娘 (musume, “daughter”), 姫 (hime, “princess”).