κυρβασία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *kurpasyah. The final part of the word is from a term cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯- (pas-, to bind).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κυρβᾰσίᾱ (kurbasíāf (genitive κυρβᾰσίᾱς); first declension

  1. a Persian bonnet or hat, with a peaked crown

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 154