Κῦρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

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From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/).[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Κῦρος (Kûrosm (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. Cyrus
Inflection
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Greek: Κύρος (Kýros)
  • German: Kyros
  • Latin: Cyrus
  • Old Armenian: Կիւրոս (Kiwros)
References
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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “5.5.1.34. Kuraš”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 528
Further reading
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  • Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Etymology 2

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Related to Old Armenian Կուր (Kur). Perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (KURqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.[1]

Proper noun

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Κῦρος (Kûrosm (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania).
Descendants
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References
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  1. ^ Diakonoff, I. M., Kashkai, S. M. (1981) “Quriane”, in Geographical Names According to Urartian Texts (Répertoire géographique des textes cunéiformes; 9), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 70–71