άγιος
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈa.ʝi.os/, /ˈa.ʝos/
adj
Definitions
- holy, saintly
- Saint
- address for priests
- (figuratively) a pious person
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ἅγιος (holy, sacred, saint) root from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ǵ- (revere, worship, sacrifice).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yeh₁ǵ-
Gloss
revere, worship, sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yazd English
- agha English
- hagio- English
- hagiography English
- yazata English
- Hagiografie German
- aga Hungarian
- hagiografie Dutch, Flemish
- ἁγίζω Ancient Greek
- ἁγιάζω Ancient Greek
- ἁγιωσύνη Ancient Greek
- ἅγιος Ancient Greek
- *h₁yaǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁yaǵ-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *yeh₁ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- यज्ञ Sanskrit
- aga Serbo-Croatian
- ага Serbo-Croatian
- ایزد Persian
- ایزدی Persian
- یزد Persian
- αγιο- Greek (modern)
- αγιοποιώ Greek (modern)
- aga Turkish
- ağa Turkish
- ага Bulgarian
- ago Albanian
- آغا Ottoman Turkish
- *āka Proto-Turkic
- ага Macedonian
- ayiu Aromanian
- ایزدی Urdu
- ϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Coptic
- yẕdʾn' Middle Persian
- ἁγιοποιῶ gkm
- ağa Crimean Tatar
- 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 Avestan