ταώς

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an earlier *ταϝώς (*tawṓs), of Pre-Greek origin; possibly from an Oriental source,perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil தோகை (tōkai, ("peacock))[1] or a Turkic source (compare Turkish tavuk (hen)). Cognates include Latin pāvus, pāvō, and perhaps Hebrew טַוָּס (ṭawwā́s), Aramaic טַוסָא (ṭawsā), Arabic طَاوُوس (ṭāwūs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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τᾰώς (taṓsm (genitive τᾰώ); second declension

  1. peacock
  2. type of fish

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ταώς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1457

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs).

Noun

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ταώς (taósm (uncountable) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. (astronomy) the constellation Pavo or the peacock
  2. peacock

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