ρήγας
Greek (Cypriot)
noun
Definitions
- (playing card) king in a pack of playing cards
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ῥήξ (king) derived from Latin rex (king).
Origin
Latin
rex
Gloss
king
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bognor Regis English
- rex sacrorum English
- regis, rex Latin
- rex Latin
- ῥήξ Ancient Greek
- rigă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- rig Albanian
- *rēks Proto-Italic
- roi Bourguignon