Phrygian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Phrygianus, from Phrygia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Phrygian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.
- Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.
- 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
- ‘Then one day one of the infants stretched out his little hands to the shepherd and exclaimed bekos, which is the Phrygian word for bread.’
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture
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written or spoken in the Phrygian language
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Noun
[edit]Phrygian (plural Phrygians)
- A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
- 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
- ‘And so Psammetichus decided the Phrygians must have been the first race on earth, and Phrygian the first language.’
- A Montanist.
Translations
[edit]native or inhabitant of Phrygia
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Proper noun
[edit]Phrygian
- The language of the Phrygian people.
- (music) Phrygian mode
Derived terms
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[edit]language
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See also
[edit]- Phrygian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phrygian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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