phrygian
/ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Written or spoken in the Phrygian language.
adj
In the Phrygian mode.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
noun
A Montanist.
name
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Phrygian
Example Sentences
- "‘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.’"
- "‘And so Psammetichus decided the Phrygians must have been the first race on earth, and Phrygian the first language.’"
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).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰerǵʰ-, Phrygiānus, Φρῠγῐ́ᾱ, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒi.ən/
- British English: /ˈfɹɪ.d͡ʒɪ.ən/