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Phrygian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.
2. (not-comparable) Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.
   • ‘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.’ 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
3. (not-comparable) In the Phrygian mode.

Deriveds

Phrygianize · Phrygian cap · Phrygian Sibyl · Hyperphrygian · Phrygian mode · Phrygian dominant scale

Translations (23)

it frigio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · ru фриги́йский (written or spoken in the Phrygian language) · el φρυγικός (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · de phrygisch (written or spoken in the Phrygian language) · de phrygisch (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · he פְרִיגִי (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · pt frígio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · bg фригийски (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · ca frigi (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · es frigio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · hi फ़्रिजियाई (written or spoken in the Phrygian language) · pl frygijski (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · ka ფრიგიული (written or spoken in the Phrygian language) · pl frygijski (written or spoken in the Phrygian language) · ka ფრიგიული (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · ga Frigiach (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · hy փռյուգական (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · fi fryygialainen (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · gl frixio (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · ru фриги́йский (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · is frýgískur (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · hu fríg (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) · hi फ़्रिजियाई (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture)

Phrygian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
   • ‘And so Psammetichus decided the Phrygians must have been the first race on earth, and Phrygian the first language.’ 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 114:
2. A Montanist.

Forms

Translations (22)

hu fríg (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · gl frixio (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · ka ფრიგიელი (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · pl Frygijka (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · eo friĝianino (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · ru фриги́ец (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · de Phryger (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · ru фриги́йка (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · hi फ़्रिजियाई (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · el Φρύγας (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · es frigio (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · bg фригиец (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · hy փռյուգացի (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · ca frigi (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · pl Frygijczyk (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · grc Φρύξ (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · fi fryygialainen (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · de Phrygerin (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · fr Phrygien (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · pt frígio (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · fr Phrygienne (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) · eo friĝiano (native or inhabitant of Phrygia)

Phrygian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From Latin Phrygiānus + English -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Phrygianus is derived from Phrygia + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); and Phrygia is from Ancient Greek Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ (Phrŭgĭ́ā, “region in Anatolia”), from Φρῠ́ξ (Phrŭ́x, “person from Phrygia”) (further etymology unknown, possibly from Phrygian or related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated, up high”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).

Meanings

1. The language of the Phrygian people.
2. Phrygian mode

Deriveds

hypophrygian

Translations (14)

ru фриги́йский (language) · hi फ़्रिजियाई (language) · el φρυγική (language) · gl frixio (language) · pt frígio (language) · de Phrygisch (language) · fi fryygia (language) · nl Frygisch (language) · fr phrygien (language) · hy փռյուգերեն (language) · hu fríg (language) · pl język frygijski (language) · es frigio (language) · el φρυγικά (language)