θύρα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (door).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Latin foris, Old Armenian դուռն (duṙn) and Old English duru and dor (English door) and Russian дверь (dverʹ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́ρᾱ (thúrāf (genitive θῠ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. door
  2. entrance

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cappadocian Greek: θίρ (thír), τίρ (tír)
  • Greek: θύρα (thýra)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θύρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 565-6

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra).[1] For senses USB, port, semantic loan from English Universal Serial Bus and port (sense computing).

Noun

θύρα (thýraf (plural θύρες)

  1. door
    Synonym: πόρτα (pórta)
  2. a gate in a stadium
  3. a PC port
    θύρα USB (USB port)

Declension

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See also

References

  1. ^ θύρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language