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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain, probably from Phrygian .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bár.bi.tos/ → /ˈβar.βi.tos/ → /ˈvar.vi.tos/
Noun
βάρβῐτος • (bárbitos ) m or f (genitive βαρβῐ́του ) ; second declension
( music ) barbitos
Declension
ὁ , ἡ βάρβῐτος ho, hē bárbitos
τὼ βαρβῐ́τω tṑ barbítō
οἱ , αἱ βάρβῐτοι hoi, hai bárbitoi
τοῦ , τῆς βαρβῐ́του toû, tês barbítou
τοῖν βαρβῐ́τοιν toîn barbítoin
τῶν βαρβῐ́των tôn barbítōn
τῷ , τῇ βαρβῐ́τῳ tôi, têi barbítōi
τοῖν βαρβῐ́τοιν toîn barbítoin
τοῖς , ταῖς βαρβῐ́τοις toîs, taîs barbítois
τὸν , τὴν βάρβῐτον tòn, tḕn bárbiton
τὼ βαρβῐ́τω tṑ barbítō
τοὺς , τᾱ̀ς βαρβῐ́τους toùs, tā̀s barbítous
βάρβῐτε bárbite
βαρβῐ́τω barbítō
βάρβῐτοι bárbitoi
Descendants
Greek: βάρβιτος ( várvitos )
→ Classical Syriac: ܒܪܒܝܛܐ ( barbīṭā )
→ Latin: barbitos
→ Middle Persian: ( blbwt' /barbut, barbat/ , “ barbat, lute ” ) ( possibly )
→ Chinese: 琵琶 ( pípá )
Persian: بربت ( barbat ) , بربط ( barbat )
Tajik: барбат ( barbat )
→ Ottoman Turkish: بربط ( berbatt )
→ Arabic: بربط ( barbuṭ, barbaṭ, barbiṭ )
→ Georgian: ბარბითი ( barbiti )
→ Middle Armenian: բարբուտ ( barbut ) , բարբութ ( barbutʻ )
References
“βάρβιτος ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βάρβιτος ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
βάρβιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
βάρβιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited . harp idem, page 386.lyre idem, page 506.
حسندوست، محمد، «دربارهٔ چند لغتِ یونانیِ دخیل در زبان فارسی» ، نامهٔ فرهنگستان (زمستان ۱۳۷۵): شمارهٔ ۸، صفحه ۹۷
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931– ) “بربت ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute , editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press , page بربط
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010 ) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10 ), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 201