ξυράφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξυρόν (xurón).

Noun

ξυράφιον • (xuráphion) n

1. surgical knife
2. (Byzantine) razor (shaving knife)

Descendants

• > Greek: ξυράφι (xyráfi), ξουράφι n (xouráfi) — colloquial (inherited)
  • → Aromanian: xurafi, surafi (from ξουράφι (xouráfi))
• > Cappadocian Greek: ξυράφι (xyráfi), ξουράφι (xouráfi) (inherited)
• > Pontic Greek: ξυράφιν (xyráfin), ξυράφ' (xyráf'), ξυρά̤φ' (xyrä́f'), ξι̮ουράφιν (xi̮ouráfin), ξι̮ουράφι (xi̮ouráfi), ξουράφιν (xouráfin), ξουράφι (xouráfi), ξουράφ' (xouráf'), αξουράφ' (axouráf') (inherited)
  • → Laz: სკურაჶი (sǩurafi), სკურაფი (sǩurapi), სირაჶი (sirafi), სქიაჶი (skiafi), სკიაფი (sǩiapi)
• > Tsakonian: ξουράφι (xouráfi) (inherited)

Further reading

• ξυράφιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ξυράφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ξυράφι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998