myriarch

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυριάρχης (muriárkhēs) in Herodotus or μυρίαρχος (muríarkhos) in Xenophon, from μυρίος (muríos, “myriad, ten thousand”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs) or -αρχος (-arkhos, “-arch: ruler, commander”), calque of Old Iranian *baivar-pati-.[1]

As a Mongolian commander, Calque of Mongolian tümen-ü noyon.

Noun

myriarch (plural myriarchs)

  1. A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly
    1. (historical military) The commander of a Mongolian tomen.
    2. (historical politics) The governor of a myriarchy in Mongolian Tibet.

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References
  • "myriarch, n", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  1. “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎, 2017 May 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 17 May 2017
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