Ἄγκυρα

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ἄγκυρα "anchor"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /áŋky͜yra/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /áŋkyːra/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /áŋkyra/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /áɲcyra/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /á̃ɟiɾa/

Proper noun

Ἄγκυρα (genitive Ἀγκύρας) f, first declension; (Ankūra)

1. Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄγκῡρᾰ
Genitive	τῆς Ἀγκύρᾱς
Dative	τῇ Ἀγκύρᾳ
Accusative	τὴν Ἄγκῡρᾰν
Vocative	Ἄγκῡρᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: Άγκυρα (Ágkyra)
• Latin: Ancyra
• Ottoman Turkish: Angora; Enkürü
• Turkish: Ankara

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 29