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myriarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
myr-i-arch
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly

noun

A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly

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 Persian *baivarapatiš. As a Mongolian commander, Calque of Mongolian tümen-ü noyon.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *baivarapatiš

Inflected Forms

myriarchs (plural)

Derived Forms

myriarchy

Questions

What does myriarch mean?
A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly
Where does myriarch come from?
It is traced to Old Persian.

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