στατήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἵστημι (hístēmi, to put, place, set) + -τήρ (-tḗr), hence literally "that which sets, settles".

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στᾰτήρ • (statḗr) m (genitive στᾰτῆρος); third declension

  1. a weight, a standard
  2. a stater (a type of coin)

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: στατήρας (statíras)
  • Aramaic:
    • Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡕𐡕𐡓 (sttr), 𐡎𐡕𐡕𐡓𐡉 (sttry)
    • Hatran Aramaic: 𐣠𐣮𐣵𐣣𐣠 (ʾstrʾ /⁠ʾestērā⁠/)
    • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אׅיסְתֵּירָא (ʾestēyrā)
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܸܣܬܹ݁ܝܪܵܐ (ʾestēyrā), ܐܸܣܬܹ݁ܪܵܐ (ʾestērā)
    • Coptic: ⲥⲁⲑⲉⲣⲓ (satheri)
  • Demotic: sttr
  • French: statère
  • Gandhari: 𐨯𐨟𐨅𐨪 (satera), 𐨯𐨡𐨅𐨪 (sadera)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (satīra), [script needed] (sera)
  • Latin: stater
  • Sogdian:
    • Buddhist 𐼼𐽂𐼰𐼷𐽀 (stʼyr /⁠stēr⁠/)
    • Sogdian: 𐼼𐽂𐼰𐼷𐽀 (stʼyr /⁠stēr⁠/)
    • Manichaean 𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫏𐫡 (stʼyr /⁠stēr⁠/)
  • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (styl /⁠stēr⁠/)
    • Persian: ستیر (setêr)
    • Arabic: إِسْتَار (ʔistār)
      • Ge'ez: አስታር (ʾästar)
      • Tigre: ስታቴር (stater)
    • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀢𑁂𑀭 (*satera)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gujarati: શેર (śer)
        • Hindi: सेर (ser)
      • Maharastri Prakrit:

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