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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek δείκτης (deíktēs, who shows, poinst) and semantic loan from French indice, indicateur and German Anzeiger, Anzeige.
The sense "index finger" from Koine δεικτικός (deiktikós) by ellipsis of the noun δάκτυλος (dáktulos) ("the finger that poins").[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈði.ktis/
  • Hyphenation: δεί‧κτης

Noun

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δείκτης (deíktism (plural δείκτες)

  1. indicator, quotient, measure (something indicating a value)
    δείκτης νοημοσύνηςdeíktis noïmosýnisintelligence quotient
  2. index finger, forefinger
  3. pointer of an instrument
  4. subscript

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References

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  1. ^ δείκτης”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998