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|etymtx=Grammatical information: pl. (sg. rare)<br />Meaning: name of an Iranian people (The name | |etymtx=Grammatical information: pl. (sg. rare)<br />Meaning: name of an Iranian people (The name [[Πέρσης]] of the brother of Hesiodos may have been reshaped after this.)<br />Derivatives: [[Περσικός]] in <b class="b3">ἡ Περσική</b> [[Persia]], <b class="b3">-αι</b> a kind of women's slippers (Ar.), [[περσική]] [[peach]] (a loan from Christian imes) with [[περσικών]] <b class="b2">orchard of peaches</b>; <b class="b3">περσικὰ καρύα</b> <b class="b2">the Persian (wal)nut</b>, <b class="b3">περσικός ὄρνις</b> (Ar.) because the chicken was introduced in the time of the Median wars (but s. Taillardat, Images d' Aristophane $ 30. [[Περσίς]] (Aesch., Hdt.) <b class="b2">a Persian soman</b>; [[Περσίζω]] [[speak Persian]] (X.), adv. [[περσιστί]] (Hdt., X.).<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] OP<br />Etymology: From OP [[Parsa]]. One assumed <b class="b3">Πηρσ-</b> > <b class="b3">Περσ-</b> (Meillet-Benvenist, Gr. du vieux perse 28, 49. But Lejeune Phon. $ 223 add. would prefer <b class="b3">Παρσ-</b> > <b class="b3">Παρσ-</b> > <b class="b3">Περσ-</b>, as shortening of a long vowel before sonant seems older then [[α]] > [[η]]. Perh. the word was influenced by [[Περσεύς]], from whom the Greeks derived the name Persian. | ||
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Revision as of 18:40, 8 July 2020
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Πέρσαι: οἱ pl. к Πέρσης II.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: pl. (sg. rare)
Meaning: name of an Iranian people (The name Πέρσης of the brother of Hesiodos may have been reshaped after this.)
Derivatives: Περσικός in ἡ Περσική Persia, -αι a kind of women's slippers (Ar.), περσική peach (a loan from Christian imes) with περσικών orchard of peaches; περσικὰ καρύα the Persian (wal)nut, περσικός ὄρνις (Ar.) because the chicken was introduced in the time of the Median wars (but s. Taillardat, Images d' Aristophane $ 30. Περσίς (Aesch., Hdt.) a Persian soman; Περσίζω speak Persian (X.), adv. περσιστί (Hdt., X.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] OP
Etymology: From OP Parsa. One assumed Πηρσ- > Περσ- (Meillet-Benvenist, Gr. du vieux perse 28, 49. But Lejeune Phon. $ 223 add. would prefer Παρσ- > Παρσ- > Περσ-, as shortening of a long vowel before sonant seems older then α > η. Perh. the word was influenced by Περσεύς, from whom the Greeks derived the name Persian.
