patriarca

Concepts

patriarch

Translations

patriarca

patriarche

patriarca

Patriarch

aartsvader

πατριάρχης

patriarca

patriarch

patriarcha

patrik

pater familias

شَيْخ

بَطْرِيَرْك

αρχηγός πατριάς

Hyphenated as

pa‧tri‧àr‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pa.triˈar.ka/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).