βάρκα
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek βάρκα (bárka)[1] attested in the 6th century (John the Lydian), a medieval αντδιάνειο n (antdiáneio, “repatriated loanword”) from Late Latin barca,[2] from Vulgar Latin *bārica, from Latin bāris (“Egyptian shallow wide flat-bottomed river boat”), from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris), from Demotic br, from Egyptian bꜣjr, further origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]βάρκα • (várka) f (plural βάρκες)
Declension
[edit]Declension of βάρκα
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Aromanian: varcã
See also
[edit]- see: πλοίο n (ploío, “large ship”) for other types of vessel
References
[edit]- ^ “βάρκα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
- ^ βάρκα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
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λέμβος (βάρκα) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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