δρεπάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρέπανον (drépanon) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). See δρεπάνη (drepánē) for more.

Noun

δρεπάνιον • (drepánion) n

1. sickle

Descendants

• > Greek: δρεπάνι (drepáni) (inherited)
  • Ottoman Turkish: طرپان (tırpan), ترپان (tırpan), درپان (dırpan), طيرپان (tırpan)
    • Turkish: tırpan
    • → Armenian: թըրփան (tʻərpʻan)
    • → Laz: თირფანი (tirpani)
• > Pontic Greek: δρεπάνιν (drepánin), δερπάν' (derpán'), δροπάνι (dropáni), δροπάν' (dropán'), δερπάντιν (derpántin), δρεπάντι (drepánti), δερπάντι (derpánti), δερπάντ' (derpánt') (inherited)
  • → Laz: დრეპანი (drep̌ani), დეპრანი (dep̌rani), დრაპანი (drap̌ani), დარპანი (darp̌ani)

Further reading

• δρεπάνιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “δρεπάνι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998