θύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • θῠ́ρη (thúrē) Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Cognates include Sanskrit द्वार् (dvār), Latin foris, Old Armenian դուռն (duṙn) and Old English duru and dor (English door).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῠ́ρᾱ (thúrā) f (genitive θῠ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. door
  2. entrance

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cappadocian Greek: θίρ (thír), τίρ (tír)

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. For senses USB, port, semantic loan from English Universal Serial Bus and port (sense computing).

Noun

θύρα (thýra) f (plural θύρες)

  1. door
  2. a gate in a stadium
  3. a PC port
    θύρα USB (USB port)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. θύρα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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