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Ἀβραγος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From a Scythian cognate of Old Persian *Abraka (“the dark one”).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Ἀβραγος • (Abragos) m (genitive Ἀβραγου); ? declension

  1. a male given name, Abragus, from Scythian

Descendants

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  • Greek: Αβραγος (Avragos)
  • → Latin: Abragus

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*aβraka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 20
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.17. *Abraka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 101
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