ἁρμαλά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀρμαρά (armará)
Etymology
A loanword from a Semitic source. Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒀀𒈾𒈨𒊒 (anamiru, “medical and ritual herb”) and Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /har.ma.lǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ar.maˈla/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.maˈla/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.maˈla/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.maˈla/
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Further reading
- ἁρμαλά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἁρμαλά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁρμαλά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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