μαχανά

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maː.kʰa.nǎː/ → /ma.xaˈna/ → /ma.xaˈna/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maː.kʰa.nǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kʰaˈna/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.xaˈna/

Noun

μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ • (mākhanā́) f (genitive μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ς); first declension

1. Doric form of μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ)

Descendants

• → Proto-Albanian: *mākanā
  • Albanian: mokër
• → Georgian: მანქანა (mankana)
• → Latin: māchina (see there for further descendants)

References

• μαχανά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μαχανά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter