Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μύῤῥα ‎(Múrrha) (Aeolic, Attic)
• Σμύρνα ‎(Smúrna)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /zmýrni/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zmýrni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zmíɾni/

Proper noun

Σμύρνη • ‎(Smúrnē) f ‎(genitive Σμύρνης); first declension

1. Smyrna; İzmir, Turkey

Inflection

Derived terms

• Σμυρναῖος ‎(Smurnaîos)

Descendants

• Armenian: Զմյուռնիա ‎(Zmyuṙnia), Իզմիր ‎(Izmir)
• Greek: Σμύρνη ‎(Smýrni)
• Kurdish: Îzmîr
• Ladino: Izmir
• Latin: Smyrna
• Turkish: İzmir

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σμύρνη ‎(Smúrnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmiɾni/
• Hyphenation: Σμύρ‧νη

Proper noun

Σμύρνη • ‎(Smýrni) f

1. Smyrna, İzmir (city on west coast of Turkey)

Declension

Derived terms

• Σμυρναίος m ‎(Smyrnaíos, “male from Smyrna”)
• Σμυρνιός m ‎(Smyrniós, “male from Smyrna”) (colloquial)
• Σμυρναία f ‎(Smyrnaía, “female from Smyrna”)
• Σμυρνιά f ‎(Smyrniá, “female from Smyrna”) (colloquial)
• σμυρναίικος ‎(smyrnaíikos) (adjective)
• σμυρνιώτικος ‎(smyrniótikos) (adjective)

Related terms

• Νέα Σμύρνη f ‎(Néa Smýrni, “New Smyrna”) (Athenian neighbourhood)

External links

• Σμύρνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el