ἀκινάκης

Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps borrowed from Iranian, compare Sogdian 𐼋𐼎𐼊𐼀𐼋 (knyʾk /⁠kīnak⁠/, sword),[1] Mazanderani کینه (kine), Persian سیکینه (sikinah), یسکینه (iskinah, chisel), possibly from Proto-Iranian *kanH- (to dig), or alternatively borrowed from Pre-Greek.[2]

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

ἀκῑνάκης (akīnákēsm (genitive ἀκῑνάκου); first declension

  1. short straight sword, used by Persians and Scythians

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Latin: acinacēs

References edit

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975), “akināka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 27
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀκῑνάκης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 52-53

Further reading edit