τιάρα

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Oriental foreign word of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῐᾱ́ρᾱ (tiā́rāf (genitive τιᾱ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. tiara, the Persian headdress used on solemn occasions

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Descendants

  • Latin: tiāra

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τῐᾱ́ρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1481

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