"χήρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /kʰɛ̌ː.raː/, /ˈçi.ra/, /ˈçi.ra/, /kʰɛ̌ː.raː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰe̝.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈçi.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈçi.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈçi.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: This word replaced the old word for "widow" found in Latin vidua; a cognate of this is retained in ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos, “unmarried youth”). It is assumed that the origin of this word is Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”), from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”); compare Sanskrit जहाति (jahāti, “to desert, leave, resign”) and Latin hērēs (“heir”). Etymology templates: {{cog|la|vidua}} Latin vidua, {{m|grc|ἠΐθεος||unmarried youth}} ἠΐθεος (ēḯtheos, “unmarried youth”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ǵʰeh₁ro-||derelict}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”), {{m|ine-pro|*ǵʰeh₁-||to leave behind, abandon}} *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”), {{cog|sa|जहाति||to desert, leave, resign}} Sanskrit जहाति (jahāti, “to desert, leave, resign”), {{cog|la|hērēs||heir}} Latin hērēs (“heir”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|χήρᾱ|χήρᾱς|f|first}} χήρᾱ • (khḗrā) f (genitive χήρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|χήρᾱ|ᾱς|form=F}} Forms: χήρᾱ [canonical], khḗrā [romanization], χήρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ χήρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ χήρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ χῆραι [nominative, plural], τῆς χήρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν χήραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν χηρῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ χήρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν χήραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς χήραις [dative, plural], τὴν χήρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ χήρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς χήρᾱς [accusative, plural], χήρᾱ [singular, vocative], χήρᾱ [dual, vocative], χῆραι [plural, vocative]
  1. widow Synonyms: χήρη (khḗrē) [Ionic] Derived forms: χῆρος (khêros)

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