Κύπρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Originally a Northwest Semitic goddess name from the root כ־ב־ר / ك ب ر (k b r) which is attested as Arabic الْكُبْرَى (al-kubrā, literally “the great”) in a variant reading of Sura 62, Aya 9.[1]

The island of Cyprus was a major source of copper during the Near East’s Bronze Age, so the Semitic name of this goddess’s local cult became associated with the copper metal and with the island of Cyprus itself. The Ancient Greek term is notably cognate with Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”), Eblaite 𒂵𒁀𒈝 (ga-ba-lum /⁠kabalum⁠/, “copper”), Hurrian (kabali, kābli, “copper”), and Latin aes Cyprium (“Cypriot copper”), later cuprum. Further compare Cypria, Cypris, alternative Latin names for the goddess Venus (Aphrodite).

Unrelated to the words for the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) κυπάρισσος and the word for the plant henna (Lawsonia alba) κύπρος (kúpros), though the latter is also red in color.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κῠ́προς • (Kŭ́pros) f (genitive Κῠ́πρου); second declension

  1. Cyprus (an island in the Mediterranean Sea)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῠ́προς; τῆς Κῠ́πρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κῠ́προς
hē Kŭ́pros
Genitive τῆς Κῠ́πρου
tês Kŭ́prou
Dative τῇ Κῠ́πρῳ
têi Kŭ́prōi
Accusative τὴν Κῠ́προν
tḕn Kŭ́pron
Vocative Κῠ́πρε
Kŭ́pre
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: قُبْرُص (qubruṣ)
  • → Latin: Cyprus

Notes


References

  1. ^ Rotter, Gernot (1993) “Der dies veneris im vorislamischen Mekka, eine neue Deutung des Namens „Europa“ und eine Erklärung für kobar = Venus”, in Der Islam‎ (in German), volume 70, number 1, →DOI, pages 122–129

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Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), already with connections to Sumerian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (ud-ka-bar /⁠zabar, kabar⁠/, “bronze, copper”) for the island's copper mines at the time (see Latin Cyprius) and an Mycenaean Greek adjective 𐀓𐀠𐀪𐀍 (ku-pi-ri-jo, “Cypriot”).[1] For more, see the etymology of ancient Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Κύπρος • (Kýpros) f

  1. Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Κύπρος
singular
nominative Κύπρος (Kýpros)
genitive Κύπρου (Kýprou)
accusative Κύπρο (Kýpro)
vocative Κύπρε (Kýpre)
Κύπρο (Kýpro)

In the Cypriot dialect, alsto in Standard Modern Greek:

See also

References

  1. ^ Κύπρος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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