δάφνη

See also: Δάφνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • δᾰ́φνᾱ (dáphnā) Doric
  • λᾰ́φνη (láphnē) Epic

Etymology

Beekes reconstructs possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δᾰ́φνη (dáphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension

  1. laurel, bay

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
    • Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
      • Turkish: defne
      • Azerbaijani: dəfnə
      • Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʿēfnē)
      • Uzbek: dafna
  • → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā)
  • Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
  • Late Latin: daphinus
  • Translingual: Daphne
  • → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʿni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʿnē), դափնիդ (dapʿnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʿniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)

References

  • δάφνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • δάφνη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • δάφνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δάφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 306-307
  • δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • δάφνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), դափնի”, 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 643a

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).

Noun

δάφνη (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)

  1. laurel, bay (tree)
  2. (cooking) bay, bay leaf
    φύλλο δάφνηςfýllo dáfnisbay leaf
  3. (figuratively) victory, triumph
    δρέπω δάφνεςdrépo dáfnesreap the laurels

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
    • Turkish: defne
    • Azerbaijani: dəfnə
    • Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʿēfnē)
    • Uzbek: dafna

Further reading

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