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KAPRANOS

English translation: goatherd

21:20 Jan 15, 2007
Greek to English translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
Greek term or phrase: KAPRANOS
So it`s a name of a famous rock-musician ("Franz Ferdinand"), and it would be very interesting to find out the etymology of this word.
Thank you in advance!!
Maria
English translation:goatherd
Explanation:
This is a guess.
Alex's father comes from Greece and there are quite a number of Kapranos families here (in Greece).
The word 'kapranos' itself is not Greek. It must be either of Turkish or, more probably, Balkan derivation. The Indo-European root 'kapro' means 'goat' (as in Capricorn) and, most probably, a kapran is a goatherd somewhere.
The Turkish çoban (a shepherd, a herdsman) has given us the Greek word for 'shepherd', tsopanos, so kapranos may have a similar origin.
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Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:47
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Excuse me that I answer your reply so late, I just hadn`t got any possibility to do it earlier.
Thank you for your help, it`s really interesting! And if you will ever have some problems by Russian or German, I will help you with great pleasure!
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kapranos
goatherd


Explanation:
This is a guess.
Alex's father comes from Greece and there are quite a number of Kapranos families here (in Greece).
The word 'kapranos' itself is not Greek. It must be either of Turkish or, more probably, Balkan derivation. The Indo-European root 'kapro' means 'goat' (as in Capricorn) and, most probably, a kapran is a goatherd somewhere.
The Turkish çoban (a shepherd, a herdsman) has given us the Greek word for 'shepherd', tsopanos, so kapranos may have a similar origin.

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:47
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Excuse me that I answer your reply so late, I just hadn`t got any possibility to do it earlier.
Thank you for your help, it`s really interesting! And if you will ever have some problems by Russian or German, I will help you with great pleasure!
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