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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gangaba m (genitive gangabae); first declension

  1. (hapax) a porter

Usage notes edit

  • Mentioned once (in the accusative plural) as a word used by Persians for porters in Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni.

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gangaba gangabae
Genitive gangabae gangabārum
Dative gangabae gangabīs
Accusative gangabam gangabās
Ablative gangabā gangabīs
Vocative gangaba gangabae

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • gangaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gangaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.