myriarch
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μυριάρχης (muriárkhēs) in Herodotus or μυρίαρχος (muríarkhos) in Xenophon, from μυρίος (muríos, “myriad, ten thousand”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs) or -αρχος (-arkhos, “-arch: ruler, commander”), Calque of Old Iranian *baivar-pati-.[1]
As a Mongolian commander, translating Mongolian tümen-ü noyon.
Noun
myriarch (plural myriarchs)
Derived terms
References
- "myriarch, n", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 7 May 2017, archived from the original on 17 May 2017
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