μαχανά

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maː.kʰa.nǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰaˈna/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/

Noun

μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ • (mākhanā́) f (genitive μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ς); first declension

Doric form of μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ)

Descendants

→ Latin: māchina (see there for further descendants)
→ Laz: მანგანა (mangana)
→ Old Georgian: მანქანაჲ (mankanay)
- Georgian: მანქანა (mankana)
→ Proto-Albanian: *mākanā
- Albanian: mokër

References

μαχανά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“μαχανά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

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