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zancha.

a kind of soft Parthian shoe

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈzaŋ.kʰa]Classical-Latin[ˈd͡zaŋ.ka]
  1. a kind of soft Parthian shoe

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Parthian, equalling Persian ظانگا (zângâ). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to hobble, limp”), similar to English shank. The Late Latin term (as the plural tzangae), is found only as a transcription in Koine Greek τζάγγη, plural τζάγγαι (tzángē, plural tzángai) from which, the Mediaeval Greek τζαγγίον n (tzangíon, “a Byzantine kind of shoe”).

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