κυρά

See also: κύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κερά (kerá)

Etymology

From κυρία (kuría) or κῦρ (kûr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ciˈra/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈra/

Noun

κυρά • (kurá) f (Byzantine)

1. lady, mistress

Related terms

• κῦρ m (kûr)

Descendants

• Greek: κυρά (kyrá)
• Pontic Greek: κυρά (kyrá)
• → Bulgarian: кира́ (kirá)
• → Laz: კჲურა (ǩyura), კურა (ǩura)
• → Romanian: chira, chera

References

• κυρά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “κυρά”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
• κυρά - Andriotis (Ανδριώτης), Nikolaos Pantelis (1983) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Etymological Dictionary of Koine Neo-Hellenic] (in Greek, polytonic) 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1951), Thessaloniki: Aristotelian University, the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation, p.177b.
• Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 505
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κυρά”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 698a

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κυρά (kurá).

Noun

κυρά • (kyrá) f (plural κυράδες)

1. lady of the house, mistress of the house
2. (colloquially) lady of the island (when there is only one)