Greek spelling alphabet
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The Greek spelling alphabet is a spelling alphabet (or "phonetic alphabet") for Greek, i.e. a set of names given to the alphabet letters for the purpose of spelling out words. It is used by the Greek State, the Greek army, the navy and the police.
Motivation
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The names for Greek letters are easily confused in noisy conditions; potential collisions include:
- beta, zeta, eta, theta
- epsilon, upsilon
- mu, nu
- pi, xi, phi, chi, psi
Also the names 'alpha' and 'delta' are avoided to not be confused with the NATO alphabet.
The spelling alphabet
Letter | letter name | spelling name | meaning of word |
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Α | alpha | αστήρ | astír ('star') |
Β | beta | Βύρων | Výron ('Byron') |
Γ | gamma | γαλή | galí ('cat') |
Δ | delta | δόξα | dóxa ('glory') |
Ε | epsilon | Ερμής | Ermís ('Hermes') |
Ζ | zeta | Ζεύς[1] | Zeús ('Zeus') |
Η | eta | Ηρώ | Iró ('Hero') |
Θ | theta | θεά | theá ('goddess') |
Ι | iota | ίσκιος | ískios ('shadow') |
Κ | kappa | κενόν | kenón ('blank') |
Λ | lambda | λάμα | láma ('blade') |
Μ | mu | μέλι | méli ('honey') |
Ν | nu | ναός | naós ('church') |
Ξ | xi | Ξέρξης | Xérxis ('Xerxes') |
Ο | omicron | οσμή | osmí ('smell') |
Π | pi | Πέτρος | Pétros ('Peter') |
Ρ | rho | ρήγας | rígas ('king') |
Σ | sigma | σοφός | sofós ('wise') |
Τ | tau | τίγρης | tígris ('tiger') |
Υ | ipsilon | ύμνος | ímnos ('hymn') |
Φ | phi | Φωφώ | fofó ('α female diminutive name') |
Χ | chi | χαρά | hará ('joy') |
Ψ | psi | ψυχή | psihí ('soul') |
Ω | omega | ωμέγα | oméga ('the last letter of the greek alphabet') |
References
- ↑ Alternative Police variant "Ζωή" (Zoi)
- Efimeris tis kiverniseos tis Ellados (Greek National Gazette), 18 December 2002. (Specifies phonetic alphabet recommended for use by the amateur radio service.)
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