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Kalailan
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i just discovered that my longly used nick comes from greek.
kalainon is supposed to be dark blue or something?

i am not learning greek...

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From perseus...
Middle Liddell:
kalainos 1 like the kalaïs, of changeful hue, of the cock.
LSJ:
ka^laïnos or kallaïnos , ê, on, like the kalaïs, shifting between blue and green,

well... I don't know about semitic etymology, so I can't say the Greeks borrowed that word...

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It is borrowed into hebrew from greek.
thanks!

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