"Ελένη" meaning in Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /eˈle.ni/ Forms: Eléni [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ελένη [nominative, singular], Ελένης [genitive, singular], Ελένη [accusative, singular], Ελένη [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, “Helen”). Etymology templates: {{uder|el|grc|Ἑλένη||Helen}} Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, “Helen”) Head templates: {{head|el|proper noun|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|ts=}} Ελένη • (Eléni) f, {{el-noun-proper|f}} Ελένη • (Eléni) f Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-unc|Ελένη|Ελένης|Ελένη|Ελένη|note=}}
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen or Ellen Related terms: Ελενίτσα (Elenítsa) [diminutive, feminine], Λενιώ (Lenió) [familiar, feminine]

Inflected forms

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        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἑλένη",
        "4": "",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, “Helen”).",
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "el-nF-η-2b",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ελένη",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
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  ],
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        "4": "Ελένη",
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      },
      "name": "el-decl-noun-unc"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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        "a female given name, equivalent to English Helen or Ellen"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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          "tags": [
            "diminutive",
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "Lenió",
          "tags": [
            "familiar",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Λενιώ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ελένη"
}
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        "2": "grc",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Elénis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ελένη",
      "roman": "Eléni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ελένη",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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        "4": "Ελένη",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Elenítsa",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ελενίτσα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Lenió",
      "tags": [
        "familiar",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Λενιώ"
    }
  ],
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        "Greek female given names",
        "Greek feminine nouns",
        "Greek given names",
        "Greek lemmas",
        "Greek nouns declining like 'γαλήνη'",
        "Greek proper nouns",
        "Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Greek undefined derivations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name, equivalent to English Helen or Ellen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Helen",
          "Helen#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ellen",
          "Ellen#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈle.ni/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ελένη"
}

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