χάρτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    According to Strong's Biblical Concordance, from χαράσσω (kharássō, I scratch, inscribe), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to scratch) (compare Lithuanian žerti (to scrape)). Modern scholarship rejects this (Beekes,[1] Chantraine[2]) and considers the etymology unknown. An Egyptian derivation was supposed, without any convincing etymon found, because of the Egyptian origin of papyrus. Consistent with the Phoenician influence on Greece in the field of writing (the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet), it has been suggested[3] that χάρτης could derive from the Phoenician word 𐤇𐤓𐤈𐤉𐤕 (ḥrṭyt), interpreted as "something written", cognate with Biblical Hebrew חֶרֶט (ḫereṭ, stylus; style of writing).[4][5]

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    Noun

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    χᾰ́ρτης (khártēsm (genitive χᾰ́ρτου); first declension

    1. sheet of paper, paper
    2. book

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    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χάρτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1615-6
    2. ^ Dictionnaire Etymologique De La Langue Grecque, Pierre Chantraine, 2009, page 1249
    3. ^ Gary A. Rendsburg, The Etymology of χάρτης 'Papyrus Roll', Scripta Classica Israelica, vol. XXXVI 2017, pp. 149-169. https://jewishstudies.rutgers.edu/docman/rendsburg/660-sci-etymology-of-chartes/file
    4. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20210126085853/https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=h2747
    5. ^ https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2747.htm Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon]

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    Greek

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    Etymology

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    Learnedly, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (a papyrus scroll), semantic loan from Italian carta or from English chart, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).[1] Doublet of κάρτα (kárta, card).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈxar.tis/
    • Hyphenation: χάρ‧της

    Noun

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    χάρτης (chártism (plural χάρτες)

    1. (navigation) map, chart
    2. charter, project charter, constitution
      καταστατικός χάρτηςkatastatikós chártischarter
    3. (dated) synonym of χαρτί n (chartí, paper) in the set phrase
      εμπόριο χάρτου (empório chártou, trading of paper)

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    References

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    1. ^ χάρτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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