ἅγιος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- devoted to the gods
- of things: sacred, holy
- of people: holy, pious, pure
- accursed
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- (revere, sacrifice, worship), *h₁yaǵ- (revere, sacrifice, worship).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁yaǵ-
Gloss
revere, sacrifice, worship
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yazd English
- hagio- English
- hagiography English
- yazata English
- Hagiografie German
- hagiografie Dutch, Flemish
- ἁγίζω Ancient Greek
- ἁγιάζω Ancient Greek
- ἁγιωσύνη Ancient Greek
- ἅζομαι Ancient Greek
- *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yáǵ-e-ti, *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- यज्यु Sanskrit
- याग Sanskrit
- ایزد Persian
- ایزدی Persian
- یزد Persian
- άγιος Greek (modern)
- αγιο- Greek (modern)
- αγιοποιώ Greek (modern)
- آغا Ottoman Turkish
- ayiu Aromanian
- ایزدی Urdu
- ϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Coptic
- yẕdʾn' Middle Persian
- *yazatah Proto-Iranian
- 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 Avestan
- 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 Avestan