σμάραγδος

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Borrowed from a Semitic language, related to Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (baréket, emerald, flashing gem), Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (/⁠baraqu⁠/, literally scintillation), Arabic بَرْق (barq, lightning, flashing, shining, dazzling) and loanwords of Semitic origin such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata), Persian زمرد (zomorrod) and Old Armenian զմրուխտ (zmruxt).

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Noun edit

σμᾰ́ραγδος (smáragdosf (genitive σμᾰράγδου); second declension

  1. emerald

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