Φάρος

Ancient Greek

proper noun

Definitions

Pharos (a former island off Alexandria, Egypt)

Etymology

Compound from Coptic ⲫ- (the) + Coptic ⲁⲣⲉϩ (guard).

Origin

Coptic

ⲁⲣⲉϩ

Gloss

guard

Concept

Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Pharos English
Pharus Latin
pharus Latin
faro Italian
phare French
faro Spanish, Castilian
farol Spanish, Castilian
φάρος Ancient Greek
farol Portuguese
far Catalan, Valencian
far Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
far Albanian
faro Old Portuguese
ⲁⲣⲉϩ Coptic
ⲫ- Coptic
ḥrḥ Demotic

φάρος