sàtrapa
Catalan
/ˈsatɾəpə/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) satrap governor of a Persian province
- (colloquial) person that governs in a despotic and arbitrary fashion, usually making ostentation of their power
Etymology
Derived from Latin satrapēs (governor) derived from Ancient Greek σατράπης derived from *xšaθrapāwan- (kingdom-protector) root from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (receive, gain control over, gain power over, obtain, weave, attain, take by the hand, make, reach out the hand, build).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tek-
Gloss
receive, gain control over, gain power over, obtain, weave, attain, take by the hand, make, reach out the hand, build
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shahdom English
- satrapa Latin
- satrapes Latin
- satraps Latin
- satrapēs Latin
- сатра́п Russian
- сатрап Russian
- sátrapa Spanish, Castilian
- Κτήσιππος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- κτάομαι Ancient Greek
- κτέανον Ancient Greek
- κτέαρ Ancient Greek
- κτητικός Ancient Greek
- κτῆμα Ancient Greek
- κτῆνος Ancient Greek
- κτῆσις Ancient Greek
- σατράπης Ancient Greek
- τέκτων Ancient Greek
- Ἐπίκτητος Ancient Greek
- *tek- Proto-Indo-European
- *tk-éh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- sátrapa Portuguese
- *þigjaną Proto-Germanic
- क्षत्रिय Sanskrit
- satrape Middle English
- σατράπης Greek (modern)
- թեզան Old Armenian
- թեքեմ Old Armenian
- *kšatrám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšatríyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšáyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- xšaθrapāvan Old Persian
- 𐏋 Old Persian
- *satellus Old Latin
- *xšaθrapāwan- xme-old