ming

Meanings

1. To mix, blend, mingle.
2. To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
3. To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

1. A mixture.
2. The state of being under mixed ownership; land under mixed ownership, particularly without physical demarcations designating ownership.

1. To be unattractive (person or object).
2. To be foul-smelling.

1. To speak of, to mention.

1. Destiny, fate.

1. A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching).
2. A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China (China proper), as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
3. The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
4. A surname.
5. A male or female given name.

1. A member of the Ming dynasty.
2. The pottery of the Ming era, famed for its high quality.

Etymology

From Middle English mingen, mengen, from Old English mengan (“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), from Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to mix, knead”), from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to rumple, knead”). Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mix, blend, mingle”), German mengen (“to mix”), Danish mænge (“to rub”), Old English ġemang (“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More at among.