adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of Atropatian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Atropatian
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Atropatene
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Pronunciation
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/ˌætɹəpəˈtiːn/
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/ˌætrəpəˈtiːni/
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Meaning 2
An ancient kingdom established by the satrap Atropates in the 4th century BC in northern Media (roughly corresponding to the modern-day region of Azerbaijan in northwestern Iran); later a satrapy of the Parthian and Sasanian empires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Atropatia, Atropatian Media, Atropatene Media, Media Atropatena, Media Atropatene, Ātṛpātakāna, Ādurbādagān
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of Atropatian
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Atropatian
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin Atropatēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós), from Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs, “Atropates”) + -ηνός (-ēnós). By surface analysis, Atropates + -ene.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h2eh1ter- Proto-Iranian *HáHtr̥š Proto-Indo-European *peh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *peh2-tó-s Proto-Indo-Iranian *paHtás Proto-Iranian *paHtáh Proto-Iranian *HaHtr̥paHtah Old Persian *Ātr̥pātahbor. Ancient Greek Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νός (-nós) Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós) Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós) Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ)ubor. Latin Ātropatēnēbor. ▲ Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ)bor. English Atropatene Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē or directly from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ), feminine of Ἀτροπατηνός (Atropatēnós), from Ἀτροπάτης (Atropátēs, “Atropates”) + -ηνός (-ēnós).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: Ատրպատական (Atrpatakan) — ancient kingdom
- Azerbaijani: Atropatena — ancient kingdom
- Azerbaijani: Adurbadaqan — ancient kingdom
- Azerbaijani: Atropat Midiyası — ancient kingdom
- French: Atropatène — ancient kingdom
- Georgian: ატროპატენა (aṭroṗaṭena) — ancient kingdom
- Greek: Ατροπατήνη (Atropatíni) — ancient kingdom
- Ancient Greek: Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ) — ancient kingdom
- Italian: Atropatene — ancient kingdom
- Italian: Atropatena — ancient kingdom
- Latin: Atropatēna — ancient kingdom
- Lithuanian: Atropatena — ancient kingdom
- Lithuanian: Atropatėnė — ancient kingdom
- Persian: آذربایجان (âzarbâyjân) — ancient kingdom
- Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭥𐭯𐭠𐭲𐭪𐭠𐭭 — ancient kingdom
- Persian: آذَرْبَادْگَان (āzarbādgān) — ancient kingdom
- Portuguese: Atropatene — ancient kingdom
- Russian: Атропате́на (Atropaténa) — ancient kingdom
- Spanish: Atropatena — ancient kingdom
- Turkish: Atropatena — ancient kingdom
- Turkish: Medya Atropatena — ancient kingdom