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τιάρα

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Oriental foreign word of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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τῐᾱ́ρᾱ (tĭā́rāf (genitive τιᾱ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. tiara, the Persian headdress used on solemn occasions

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: tiāra

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τῐᾱ́ρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1481

Further reading

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