ארכיון

Hebrew

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).

Noun

אַרְכִיּוֹן • (arkhiyón) m

  1. archive

Usage notes

  • The Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends the use of אַרְכִיּוֹן derived directly from Ancient Greek over אַרְכִיב which is derived through modern European languages and Latin.[1]

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • אַרְכִיּוֹנַאי

References

  1. ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language (28 February 2012) “ארכיב או ארכיון?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Hebrew), retrieved 2 March 2015
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.