Ὑρκανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ὑρκᾰνός (Hurkănós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from Proto-Iranian. Compare Old Persian 𐎺𐎼𐎣𐎠𐎴 (Varkāna).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyr.ka.ní.aː/ → /yr.kaˈni.a/ → /ir.kaˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyr.ka.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yr.kaˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yr.kaˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yr.kaˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ir.kaˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (Hurkănĭ́ā) f (genitive Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Hyrcania

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Hurkănĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Hurkănĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Hurkănĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Hurkănĭ́ān
Vocative	Ὑρκᾰνῐ́ᾱ Hurkănĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ὑρκᾰνῐκός (Hurkănĭkós)
• Ὑρκᾰ́νῐος (Hurkắnĭos)

Descendants

• Greek: Υρκανία (Yrkanía)
• → Latin: Hyrcania

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
• Ὑρκανία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette