μαργαρίτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Indo-Iranian.[1] According to Beekes, possibly from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita- (oyster, literally born from the shell of a bird).[2] Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mwlwʾlyt' /⁠morwārīd⁠/) (whence Persian مروارید (marvârid)), Sogdian [script needed] (marγārt), Sanskrit मञ्जरी (mañjarī), and Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mərəiia).

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Noun

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μαργᾰρῑ́της (margarī́tēsm (genitive μαργᾰρῑ́του); first declension

  1. pearl
  2. a type of Egyptian plant

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References

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  1. ^ Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica[1], 2024 February 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μαργαρίτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 905