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The study of papyrus, particularly the branch of archeology concerning ancient texts written on papyrus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English papyro- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English papyrology From papyro- + -ology.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
علم البرديات
(ʕilm al-burdayāt)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Armenian:
պապիրոլոգիա
(papirologia)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Asturian:
papirología
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Basque:
papirologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Belarusian:
папіралогія
(papiralóhija)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Catalan:
papirologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Chinese Mandarin:
纸莎草学
(zhǐsuō cǎoxué)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Czech:
papyrologie
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Danish:
papyrologi
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Dutch:
papyrologie
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Esperanto:
papirusologio
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Finnish:
papyrologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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French:
papyrologie
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Georgian:
პაპიროლოგია
(ṗaṗirologia)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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German:
Papyrologie
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Greek:
παπυρολογία
(papyrología)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Hungarian:
papirológia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Indonesian:
papirologi
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Italian:
papirologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Japanese:
パピルス学
(papirusu-gaku)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Korean:
파피루스학
(papiruseuhak)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Kyrgyz:
папирология
(papirologiya)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Latvian:
papiroloģija
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Macedonian:
папирологија
(papirologija)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Norwegian Bokmål:
papyrologi
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
papyrologi
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Polish:
papirologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Portuguese:
papirologia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Romanian:
papirologie
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Russian:
папироло́гия
(papirológija)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Serbo-Croatian:
папироло̀гија
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Serbo-Croatian:
papirològija
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Slovak:
papyrológia
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Slovene:
papirologija
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Spanish:
papirología
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Swedish:
papyrologi
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Turkish:
papiroloji
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Turkmen:
papirologiýa
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Ukrainian:
папіроло́гя
(papirolóhja)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Uzbek:
папирология
(papirologiya)
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Uzbek:
papirologiya
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus
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Welsh:
papyroleg
— the study of ancient texts written on papyrus