myriarch
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μυριάρχης (muriárkhēs) in Herodotus or μυρίαρχος (muríarkhos) in Xenophon, from μυρίος (muríos, “myriad, ten thousand”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs) or -αρχος (-arkhos, “-arch: ruler, commander”), calque of Old Iranian *baivar-pati-.[1]
As a Mongolian commander, Calque of Mongolian tümen-ü noyon.
Noun
myriarch (plural myriarchs)
- A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly
- (historical military) The commander of a Mongolian tomen.
- (historical politics) The governor of a myriarchy in Mongolian Tibet.
Derived terms
- myriarchy
Translations
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References
- "myriarch, n", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, accessed 7 May 2017, archived from the original on 2017-05-17