Σαράβαρα
trousers
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2002Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
[Meaning an item of] Persian dress. Some call them little breeches.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σαράβαρα· ἐσθὴς Περσική. ἔνιοι δὲ λέγουσι βρακία.
Betacode
*sara/bara: e)sqh\s *persikh/. e)/nioi de\ le/gousi braki/a.
Notes
- Loose-fitting. See LSJ s.v., and under
bra/kai .
Daniel 3.21, 3.94 in Theodotion's version and in LXX. Other than in these biblical texts the word appears only -- outside lexicography -- in Antiphanes fr. 201 Kock = 199 Kassel-Austin (cited by Pollux 7.59, 10.168).
The wordsara/bara came from Persian into Aramaic, and from there into Greek; it was eventually loaned from Aramaic into Arabic too.
cf. alpha 1993, pi 1282, phi 460. For Persian dress cf. under alpha 1121.
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