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Headword:
Σαράβαρα
Adler number: sigma,109
Translated headword: trousers
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Persian dress. Some call them little breeches.
Greek Original:Σαράβαρα: ἐσθὴς Περσική. ἔνιοι δὲ λέγουσι βρακία.
Notes:
Loose-fitting. See LSJ s.v., and under
βράκαι .
Daniel 3.21, 3.94 in Theod. and 3.94 in LXX. Other than these biblical texts the word appears only -- outside lexicography -- in
Antiphanes fr.201 Kock (cited by Julius
Pollux,
Onomasticon 7.59, 10.168).
The Aramaic word that has here come into Greek is from Persian and from Aramaic was eventually loaned into Arabic too.
Cf.
alpha 1993,
pi 1282,
phi 460. For Persian dress cf. under
alpha 1121.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2002@08:53:51.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (added cross-references) on 27 November 2004@17:42:56.
Catharine Roth (added another cross-reference) on 27 November 2004@17:43:35.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 28 November 2004@05:20:03.
Catharine Roth (added note from Adam McCollum; more keywords) on 25 February 2006@19:58:33.
David Whitehead (tweaked new note material) on 26 February 2006@09:29:15.
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