χάλαζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelh₂d- (hail; hoarfrost). Cognate with Persian ژاله (žâle, hail).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χᾰ́λαζᾰ • (khálaza) f (genitive χᾰλάζης); first declension

  1. hail, sleet
  2. pimple, tubercle
  3. knot, lump

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Austin, The. 2018. " Indo-European Lexicon: PIE Etymon And IE Reflexes ". Lrc.La.Utexas.Edu. Accessed December 22 2018. .

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