χάντρα

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek χάντρα (khántra), probably borrowed from Arabic,[1] apparently خَرَزَة (ḵaraza), thus potentially relating χᾰρᾰ́σσω (khărắssō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxan.dɾa/
  • Hyphenation: χά‧ντρα

Noun

χάντρα (chántraf (plural χάντρες)

  1. bead

Declension

Declension of χάντρα
singular plural
nominative χάντρα (chántra) χάντρες (chántres)
genitive χάντρας (chántras) χαντρών (chantrón)
accusative χάντρα (chántra) χάντρες (chántres)
vocative χάντρα (chántra) χάντρες (chántres)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ χάντρα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας:  [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 1933.

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