χαλκηδών

See also: Χαλκηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Anatolian.

Compare Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand), Hebrew כדכד, Classical Syriac ܩܪܟܕܢܐ (qarkeḏnā), Khotanese [script needed] (kirkīyaṃ), Sanskrit कर्केतन (karketana, “chrysoberyl”), Old Armenian կարկեհան (karkehan, “a red gem”) (borrowed from Parthian *karkaðan, to which also belong Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (karkēhanēn), Persian کرکهان (karkahân), کرکهن (karkahan, “amethyst”) which passed into Arabic كَرْكُهَان (karkuhān), كَرْكُهَن (karkuhan, “amethyst”)). Compare also English chalcedony, Latin chalcēdōnius, French calcédoine, all from Ancient Greek forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /xal.ciˈðon/ → /xal.ciˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.ke̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.ciˈðon/

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Noun

χαλκηδών • (khalkēdṓn) f (indeclinable)

1. (mineralogy) garnet

Descendants

• → Russian: колчедан (kolčedan)