patriarchy

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• General-American: /ˈpejtɹiɑɹki/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpætɹɪɑːkɪ/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈpɛjtɹɪjɑːkɪj/
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From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَبَوِيَّة (ʔabawiyya) — social system
• Azerbaijani: patriarxat — social system
• Azerbaijani: ataxaqanlıq — social system
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) — social system
• Catalan: patriarcat — social system
• Chinese Mandarin: 父權制 /父权制 (fùquánzhì) — social system
• Chinese Mandarin: 父權 /父权 (fùquán) — social system
• Czech: patriarchát — social system
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco — social system
• Esperanto: patriarkeco — social system
• Finnish: patriarkia — social system
• French: patriarcat — social system
• Galician: patriarcado — social system
• German: Patriarchat — social system
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — social system
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus — social system
• Italian: patriarcato — social system
• Japanese: 家父長制 (kafuchōsei) — social system
• Japanese: 父権制 (fukensei) — social system
• Japanese: 父権 (fuken) — social system
• Korean: 부권제 (bugwonje) — social system
• Korean: 부권 (bugwon) — social system
• Korean: 가부장제 (gabujangje) — social system
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) — social system
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — social system
• Polish: patriarchat — social system
• Portuguese: patriarcado — social system
• Portuguese: patriarquia — social system
• Romanian: patriarhat — social system
• Russian: патриарха́т (patriarxát) — social system
• Spanish: patriarcado — social system
• Swedish: patriarki — social system
• Swedish: patriarkat — social system
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (āṇātikkam) — social system
• Telugu: పితృస్వామ్యము (pitr̥svāmyamu) — social system
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — social system
• Turkish: ataerkil — social system
• Urdu: پِدَر شاہی (pidar śāhī) — social system
• Urdu: پِدَر سالاری (pidar sālārī) — social system
• Azerbaijani: patriarxat — power structure
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) — power structure
• Catalan: patriarcat — power structure
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco — power structure
• Esperanto: patriarkeco — power structure
• Finnish: patriarkia — power structure
• Galician: patriarcado — power structure
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — power structure
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus — power structure
• Hungarian: patriarchátus — power structure
• Khmer: បិតាធិបតេយ្យ (bei da thib pak tai) — power structure
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) — power structure
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — power structure
• Polish: patriarchat — power structure
• Portuguese: patriarcado — power structure
• Romanian: patriarhat — power structure
• Russian: патриарха́т (patriarxát) — power structure
• Spanish: patriarcado — power structure
• Swedish: patriarki — power structure
• Swedish: patriarkat — power structure
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (āṇātikkam) — power structure
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — power structure
• Turkish: ataerkillik — power structure
• Urdu: پِدَر شاہی (pidar śāhī) — power structure
• Urdu: پِدَر سالاری (pidar sālārī) — power structure
• Azerbaijani: patriarxat — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Bengali: পিতৃতন্ত্র (pitritontro) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Catalan: patriarcat — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Esperanto: patriarĥeco — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Esperanto: patriarkeco — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Finnish: patriarkia — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Finnish: miesvalta — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Finnish: miesvaltaisuus — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Galician: patriarcado — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Hindi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Hungarian: patriarchizmus — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Italian: patriarcato — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Kyrgyz: атабийлик (atabiylik) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Marathi: पितृसत्ता (pitŕsattā) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Polish: patriarchat — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Portuguese: patriarcado — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Romanian: patriarhat — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Russian: патриарха́т (patriarxát) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Spanish: patriarcado — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Swedish: patriarki — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Swedish: patriarkat — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Tamil: ஆணாதிக்கம் (āṇātikkam) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Thai: ปิตาธิปไตย (bpì-dtaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Turkish: ataerkillik — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Urdu: پِدَر شاہی (pidar śāhī) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems
• Urdu: پِدَر سالاری (pidar sālārī) — dominance of men in social or cultural systems