μάνυζα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, clearly from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the suffix "-ζα".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.nyz.da/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ny.za/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ny.za/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ny.za/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni.za/

Noun

μάνυζα • (mánuza)

Hesychius gives the definition as: μονοκέφαλον σκόροδον (monoképhalon skórodon, literally “one-headed garlic”).

Further reading

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: μ

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