κυρά
See also: κύρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κερά (kerá)
Etymology
From κυρία (kuría) or κῦρ (kûr).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈra/
Noun
κυρά • (kurá) f (Byzantine)
- lady, mistress
Related terms
- κῦρ m (kûr)
Descendants
- Greek: κυρά (kyrá)
- Pontic Greek: κυρά (kyrá)
- → Bulgarian: кира́ (kirá)
- → Laz: კჲურა (ḳyura), კურა (ḳura)
- → Romanian: chira, chera
References
- κυρά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- κυρά in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Andriotis, Nikolaos Pantelis (1983), “κυρά”, in Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Etymological Dictionary of Koine Neo-Hellenic] (in Greek), 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation, page 177b
- Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Winter, page 505
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “κυρά”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698a