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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian *varusanha (literally “far-famed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.ro.sáŋ.ɡai̯/ → /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟɛ/ → /o.roˈsaɲ.ɟe/
Noun
Ὀροσᾰ́γγαι • (Orosángai) m pl (genitive Ὀροσᾰγγῶν); first declension
- Orosangae, a Persian word for the benefactors or bodyguards of the king
Declension
References
- ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, “Medisches und persisches Sprachgut bei Herodot,” ZDMG 117, 1967, p. 131
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