θύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (door).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Latin foris, Old Armenian դուռն (duṙn) and Old English duru and dor (English door) and Russian дверь (dverʹ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́ρᾱ • (thŭ́rāf (genitive θῠ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. door
  2. entrance

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cappadocian Greek: θίρ (thír), τίρ (tír)
  • Greek: θύρα (thýra)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θύρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 565-6

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra).[1] For senses USB, port, semantic loan from English Universal Serial Bus and port (sense computing).

Noun

θύρα • (thýraf (plural θύρες)

  1. door
    Synonym: πόρτα (pórta)
  2. a gate in a stadium
  3. (computer hardware) a PC port
    θύρα USB (USB port)

Declension

Declension of θύρα
singular plural
nominative θύρα (thýra) θύρες (thýres)
genitive θύρας (thýras) θυρών (thyrón)
accusative θύρα (thýra) θύρες (thýres)
vocative θύρα (thýra) θύρες (thýres)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ θύρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language