Ὑρκανία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ὑρκᾰνός (Hurkănós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from Proto-Iranian. Compare Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (Varkāna).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyr.ka.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yr.kaˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yr.kaˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yr.kaˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ir.kaˈni.a/
Proper noun
Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Hurkănĭ́ā) f (genitive Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Hurkănĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Hurkănĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾳ tēî Hurkănĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Hurkănĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ Hurkănĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ὑρκᾰνῐκός (Hurkănĭkós)
- Ὑρκᾰ́νῐος (Hurkắnĭos)
Descendants
- Greek: Υρκανία (Yrkanía)
- → Latin: Hyrcania
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
- Ὑρκανία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette