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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κυρία (kuría) or κῦρ (kûr).
Pronunciation
Noun
κυρά • (kurá) f (Byzantine)
- lady, mistress
Descendants
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 , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- κυρά - Andriotis (Ανδριώτης), Nikolaos Pantelis (1983) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής (in Greek, polytonic) 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation, p.177b.
- Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 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
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Byzantine Greek κυρά (kurá).
Noun
κυρά • (kyrá) f (plural κυράδες)
- lady of the house, mistress of the house
- (colloquially) lady of the island (when there is only one)